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Escherichia coli Pyomyositis: an emerging infectious disease among patients with hematologic malignancies.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 1 Feb 2010
Vigil Karen J, Johnson James R, Johnston Brian D, Kontoyiannis Dimitrios P, Mulanovich Victor E, Raad Issam I, Dupont Herbert L, Adachi Javier A
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BACKGROUND: Pyomyositis is typically caused by gram-positive bacteria, especially Staphylococcus aureus. Few cases of Escherichia coli pyomyositis have been reported, including only 1 involving a patient with a hematologic malignancy. METHODS: The clinical microbiology database at The M. D. Anderson Cancer Center (Houston, TX) was reviewed for the period January 2003 through December 2007 to identify cases of E....
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