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Vesselina Kroumova1, Antonella Rossati2, Olivia Bargiacchi2
1Infection Control Unit, University Hospital "Maggiore della Carità", Novara, Italy.
Le Infezioni in Medicina
|March 30, 2017
Abstract:
This report describes a case of Sphingobacterium hotanense bacteraemia in a patient scratched by a rooster on the right arm. Diagnostic, clinical and therapeutic features are discussed. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of Sphingobacterium hotanense bacteremia reported in the medical literature.
