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Case Reports
. 2008 Dec;62(4):430-2.
doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2008.07.015. Epub 2008 Oct 7.

Sepsis caused by Elizabethkingia miricola successfully treated with tigecycline and levofloxacin

O'Neil Green  1 , Patrick Murray, Juan C Gea-Banacloche
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Case Reports

Sepsis caused by Elizabethkingia miricola successfully treated with tigecycline and levofloxacin

O'Neil Green et al. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2008 Dec.

Abstract

Elizabethkingia miricola is a Gram-negative rod that was initially isolated from condensation water of the space station Mir. This is the 1st reported case of human disease caused by this organism.

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