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Molecular comparison of bacterial isolates from blood with strains colonizing pharynx and intestine in immunocompromised patients with sepsis.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Jun 2003
Murono Koichi, Hirano Yoshiki, Koyano Shin, Ito Kiminari, Fujieda Kenji
Abstract excerpt
Most causative organisms of sepsis in immunocompromised patients are the same species as those that colonize their own nasopharynx or intestinal tract. To determine whether the strains recovered from blood originate mainly from patients' own flora, isolates from blood and throat and/or stool were...
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