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Case Reports
. 2001 Feb;39(2):808-10.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.39.2.808-810.2001.

Recurrent Achromobacter piechaudii bacteremia in a patient with hematological malignancy

S E Kay  1 , R A Clark, K L White, M M Peel
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Recurrent Achromobacter piechaudii bacteremia in a patient with hematological malignancy

S E Kay et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2001 Feb.

Abstract

We describe a recurrent bacteremia caused by Achromobacter (formerly Alcaligenes) piechaudii in association with an intravenous catheter in an immunocompromised 73-year-old man. This is the first reported case of bacteremia due to A. piechaudii.

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