Brevundimonas vesicularis Causing Bilateral Pneumosepsis in an Immunocompetent Adult: A Case Report and Literature Review

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¹ , BSc(Pharm), ACPR, PharmD, is with the Department of Critical Care and the Department of Pharmacy Services, Surrey Memorial Hospital, Surrey, British Columbia.
² , MD, FRCPC, is with the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Surrey Memorial Hospital, Surrey, British Columbia.
³ , MD, FRCPC, is with the Department of Critical Care, Surrey Memorial Hospital, Surrey, British Columbia.
⁴ , MD, FRCPC, is with the Division of Infectious Diseases and the Department of Medical Microbiology, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Quebec.

Sarah N Stabler et al. Can J Hosp Pharm. 2018 May-Jun.

. 2018 May-Jun;71(3):208-210.

Epub 2018 Jun 28.

¹ , BSc(Pharm), ACPR, PharmD, is with the Department of Critical Care and the Department of Pharmacy Services, Surrey Memorial Hospital, Surrey, British Columbia.
² , MD, FRCPC, is with the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Surrey Memorial Hospital, Surrey, British Columbia.
³ , MD, FRCPC, is with the Department of Critical Care, Surrey Memorial Hospital, Surrey, British Columbia.
⁴ , MD, FRCPC, is with the Division of Infectious Diseases and the Department of Medical Microbiology, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Quebec.

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