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Case Reports
. 1998 Aug;36(8):2377-9.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.36.8.2377-2379.1998.

Breast abscess associated with Helcococcus kunzii

A H Chagla  1 , A A Borczyk, R R Facklam, M Lovgren
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Breast abscess associated with Helcococcus kunzii

A H Chagla et al. J Clin Microbiol. 1998 Aug.

Abstract

Helcococcus kunzii, a nonvirulent member of the human skin flora, has recently been implicated in causing infections in immunosuppressed patients. We report a case of breast abscess associated with H. kunzii in an immunocompetant patient and discuss the criteria used in its identification and our observations of susceptibility testing for this species.

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