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Case Reports
. 1985 Sep;22(3):472-4.
doi: 10.1128/jcm.22.3.472-474.1985.

Meningitis caused by Gordona aurantiaca (Rhodococcus aurantiacus)

G Prinz, E Bán, S Fekete, Z Szabó
Case Reports

Meningitis caused by Gordona aurantiaca (Rhodococcus aurantiacus)

G Prinz et al. J Clin Microbiol. 1985 Sep.

Abstract

In a case of hairy cell leukemia, Gordona aurantiaca (Rhodococcus aurantiacus) was isolated from cerebrospinal fluid as the pathogen responsible for lethal infection of the central nervous system. The pathogen had been isolated previously from one case of pulmonary infection process only.

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