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Disseminated infection due to Blastobacter denitrificans following routine appendectomy in an adolescent
Rene Trotha1, Gudrun Guenther, Wolfgang König
1Institute of Medical Microbiology, Department of General Pediatrics and Neonatology, Otto von Guericke University, D-39120 Magdeburg, Germany.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|August 31, 2002
Abstract:
Until now, Blastobacter denitrificans has not been mentioned in the context of human infections. A case of severe complication caused by B. denitrificans after routine appendectomy in a young girl is described and confirms this organism to be an opportunistic human pathogen.