A Very Rare Pathogen of Osteomyelitis: Alcaligenes faecalis

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey.
² Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey.
³ Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey.

Gulhadiye Avcu et al. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2023.

. 2023 Sep 1;42(9):e362-e363.

doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000003993. Epub 2023 Jun 7.

¹ Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey.
² Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey.
³ Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey.

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