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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 Choi  1 , Eun Jeong Won  1 , Soo Hyun Kim  1   2 , Myung Geun Shin  1 , Jong Hee Shin  1 , Soon Pal Suh  1
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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.
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Authors' Disclosures of Potential Conflicts of Interest: No potential conflicts of interest relevant to this article were reported.

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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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