Bacteroides fragilis: a case study of bacteremia and septic arthritis.

A 67-year-old African-American male presented with nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, fever, and knee pain. Four sets of blood cultures were collected and resulted in the growth of Bacteroides fragilis in all anaerobic bottles. Later, a fluid and tissue sample from the patient's knee grew the same species...

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Publicado en:Clinical Laboratory Science Vol. 22; no. 3; pp. 131 - 136
Autores principales: Martin T, Aziz H
Formato: case study tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science Summer2009
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