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Bacteremia due to a novel Microbacterium species in a patient with leukemia and description of Microbacterium paraoxydans sp. nov.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 May 2003
Laffineur Kim, Avesani Véronique, Cornu Guy, Charlier Jacqueline, Janssens Michèle, Wauters Georges, Delmée Michel
Abstract excerpt
A yellow-pigmented coryneform rod was isolated from the blood of a child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia who was perfused with a central venous catheter. The culture bottles were positive twice, at a 2-month interval. The isolate was identified as a Microbacterium sp. and studied along with five other similar strains. Phenotypic, chemotaxonomic, and genetic characteristics indicated that they are closely...
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