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Published on: December 17, 2015
First report on sepsis caused by Porphyromonas pogonae
Percy Schröttner1, Katharina Heidrich2, Wolfram W Rudolph3
1Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene, TU Dresden, Fiedlerstraße 42, 01307 Dresden, Germany.
Abstract:
We report on a 62 year old patient who developed sepsis due to an infection caused by Porphyromonas pogonae, a recently described species of the bacterial genus Porphyromonas. This is the first case of an invasive infection with this pathogen.
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