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Case Reports
. 2017 Apr:44:96-98.
doi: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2017.02.016. Epub 2017 Feb 24.

First report on sepsis caused by Porphyromonas pogonae

Percy Schröttner  1 , Katharina Heidrich  2 , Wolfram W Rudolph  3 , Friedrich Stölzel  2 , Enno Jacobs  4 , Florian Gunzer  4
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First report on sepsis caused by Porphyromonas pogonae

Percy Schröttner et al. Anaerobe. 2017 Apr.

Abstract

We report on a 62 year old patient who developed sepsis due to an infection caused by Porphyromonas pogonae, a recently described species of the bacterial genus Porphyromonas. This is the first case of an invasive infection with this pathogen.

Keywords: Bacteremia; Identification; Invasive infection; Porphyromonas pogonae; Sepsis.

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