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Case Reports

. 2017 Jan;37(1):84-87.

doi: 10.3343/alm.2017.37.1.84.

First Case Report of Bacteremia Due to Catabacter hongkongensis in a Korean Patient

Yong Jun Choi¹, Eun Jeong Won¹, Soo Hyun Kim^{1

2}, Myung Geun Shin¹, Jong Hee Shin¹, Soon Pal Suh¹

Affiliations

Affiliations

¹ Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea.
² Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea. alpinboy@chonnam.ac.kr.

PMID: 27834074
PMCID: PMC5107626
DOI: 10.3343/alm.2017.37.1.84

Case Reports

First Case Report of Bacteremia Due to Catabacter hongkongensis in a Korean Patient

Yong Jun Choi et al. Ann Lab Med. 2017 Jan.

. 2017 Jan;37(1):84-87.

doi: 10.3343/alm.2017.37.1.84.

Authors

Yong Jun Choi¹, Eun Jeong Won¹, Soo Hyun Kim^{1

2}, Myung Geun Shin¹, Jong Hee Shin¹, Soon Pal Suh¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea.
² Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea. alpinboy@chonnam.ac.kr.

PMID: 27834074
PMCID: PMC5107626
DOI: 10.3343/alm.2017.37.1.84

No abstract available

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Authors' Disclosures of Potential Conflicts of Interest: No potential conflicts of interest relevant to this article were reported.

Figures

Fig. 1 — Fig. 1. Macroscopic and microscopic appearance of the isolate. (A) They grew on sheep blood agar as non-hemolytic, white, pinpoint colonies after 48-72 hr of anaerobic incubation at 37℃. (B) Microscopic examination of the isolate showed gram-positive coccobacilli (Gram stain, ×1,000).

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