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Case Reports
. 2016 May;36(3):281-3.
doi: 10.3343/alm.2016.36.3.281.

Two Cases of Clostridium tertium Infection and Successful Identification of the Organism by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry Analysis

Yumiko Joichi  1   2 , Shizuo Kayama  1 , Ikue Hayashi  1   3 , Makoto Onodera  1   4 , Maki Furushimo  4 , Yumiko Koba  1   4 , Michiya Yokozaki  1   5 , Hiroki Ohge  1   6 , Motoyuki Sugai  1
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Two Cases of Clostridium tertium Infection and Successful Identification of the Organism by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry Analysis

Yumiko Joichi et al. Ann Lab Med. 2016 May.
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Fig. 1. Light microscope observation of Gram stain preparations. (A) Gram stain of aerobic blood cultures showed Gram-negative bacilli (×1,000). (B) Gram stain of colonies on Brucella HK agar plates showed an oval spore on the end of gram-variable bacilli (×1,000).
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