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Case Reports
. 2013 Aug;51(8):2785-6.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.00983-13. Epub 2013 Jun 5.

Emerging Escherichia pathogen

Quanhathai Kaewpoowat  1 , Nitipong Permpalung, Deborah E Sentochnik
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Case Reports

Emerging Escherichia pathogen

Quanhathai Kaewpoowat et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2013 Aug.

Abstract

Escherichia hermannii was first identified as a new species in 1982. It has rarely been reported as a human pathogen. We report the first case of E. hermannii as the sole pathogen in a catheter-related bloodstream infection.

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