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Identification by 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequencing of <i>Arcobacter butzleri</i> bacteraemia in a patient with acute gangrenous appendicitis
1 Jun 2002
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AIMS: To identify a strain of Gram negative facultative anaerobic curved bacillus, concomitantly isolated with Escherichia coli and Streptococcus milleri, from the blood culture of a 69 year old woman with acute gangrenous appendicitis. The literature on arcobacter bacteraemia and arcobacter infections associated with appendicitis was reviewed. METHODS: The isolate was phenotypically investigated by standard...
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