Severe sepsis caused by Parvimonas micra identified using 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequencing following patient death

An 83-year-old man visited an orthopedic hospital for his lower back pain. A compression fracture was noted in his second lumbar vertebra. He had taken pain medication for approximately five weeks, but the pain had worsened and he was unable to walk by himself. He was transferred to our hospital and...

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Main Authors: Manami Miyazaki, Tomoya Asaka, Masaaki Takemoto, Takaaki Nakano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-01-01
Series:IDCases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250919303269