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doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2008.07.015.
Epub 2008 Oct 7.
Sepsis caused by Elizabethkingia miricola successfully treated with tigecycline and levofloxacin
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- DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2008.07.015
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Case Reports
Sepsis caused by Elizabethkingia miricola successfully treated with tigecycline and levofloxacin
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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