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Isolation, identification, and molecular characterization of strains of Photorhabdus luminescens from infected humans in Australia.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Nov 1999
Peel M M, Alfredson D A, Gerrard J G, Davis J M, Robson J M, McDougall R J, Scullie B L, Akhurst R J
Abstract excerpt
We describe the isolation of Photorhabdus (Xenorhabdus) luminescens from four Australian patients: two with multiple skin lesions, one with bacteremia only, and one with disseminated infection. One of the patients had multiple skin lesions following the bite of a spider, while the lesions in the other patient were possibly associated with a spider bite. The source of infection for the remaining two patients is...
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