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Case Reports
. 2009 May;47(5):1605-6.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.02337-08. Epub 2009 Mar 4.

First case report of sepsis due to Rothia aeria in a neonate

Ayaka Monju  1 , Naomasa Shimizu, Masahiro Yamamoto, Keiko Oda, Yutaka Kawamoto, Kiyofumi Ohkusu
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First case report of sepsis due to Rothia aeria in a neonate

Ayaka Monju et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2009 May.

Abstract

Rothia aeria, a gram-positive coccoid- to rod-shaped bacterium with irregular morphology, is an extremely rare causative organism of infections in humans. We report the first case of R. aeria sepsis clinically manifested in a female neonate soon after birth.

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