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Case Reports
. 2005 Apr;43(4):2021-3.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.43.4.2021-2023.2005.

Chryseobacterium indologenes non-catheter-related bacteremia in a patient with a solid tumor

George B Christakis  1 , Stavroula P Perlorentzou, Irene Chalkiopoulou, Athanasios Athanasiou, Nikolas J Legakis
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Case Reports

Chryseobacterium indologenes non-catheter-related bacteremia in a patient with a solid tumor

George B Christakis et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Apr.

Abstract

A case of non-catheter-related bacteremia caused by Chryseobacterium indologenes in a nonneutropenic man with a solid tumor is described. The patient was successfully treated with piperacillin-tazobactam.

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FIG. 1.
FIG. 1.
Yellow-pigmented colonies of C. indologenes in peptone medium. The yellow color, due to the production of flexirubin, turns to red after the culture is poured on 10% KOH solution.
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