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Brachyspira pilosicoli bloodstream infections: Case report and review of the literature

Brachyspira pilosicoli is the etiologic agent of human and animal intestinal spirochetosis and is rarely implicated as a cause of bacteremia. Here, we describe the case of a B. pilosicoli spirochetemia in a 53-year-old male patient suffering from cardiogenic shock. This fastidious bacterium was isol...

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Main Authors: Bait-Merabet, Lilia, Thille, Arnaud, Legrand, Patrick, Brun-Buisson, Christian, Cattoir, Vincent
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2008
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2561035/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18817558
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-0711-7-19
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