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Mycobacterium septicum sp. nov., a new rapidly growing species associated with catheter-related bacteraemia.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Mar 2000
Schinsky M F, McNeil M M, Whitney A M, Steigerwalt A G, Lasker B A, Floyd M M, Hogg G G, Brenner D J, Brown J M
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Rapidly growing mycobacteria are capable of causing several clinical diseases in both immunosuppressed and immunocompetent individuals. A previously unidentified, rapidly growing mycobacterium was determined to be the causative agent of central line sepsis in a child with underlying metastatic hepatoblastoma. Four isolates of this mycobacterium, three from blood and one from the central venous catheter tip, were...
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