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Characterization and antimicrobial susceptibility of Dysgonomonas capnocytophagoides isolated from human blood sample.
Japanese journal of infectious diseases - 1 May 2008
Hironaga Michitaka, Yamane Kunikazu, Inaba Miki, Haga Yumi, Arakawa Yoshichika
Abstract excerpt
Dysgonomonas capnocytophagoides belongs to a group of facultative anaerobic Gram-negative coccobacilli that was formerly designated CDC group DF-3. We evaluated the characteristics of this microbe and its susceptibility to antimicrobial agents. In this study, D. capnocytophagoides was isolated by anaerobic blood cultures from a 78-year-old male with pancreatic cancer, ischemic heart disease, and diabetes...
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