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The nosocomial transmission of Helicobacter cinaedi infections in immunocompromised patients.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Jan 2010
Minauchi Koichiro, Takahashi Shunji, Sakai Toshiya, Kondo Makoto, Shibayama Keigo, Arakawa Yoshichika, Mukai Masaya
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: We encountered 15 cases of Helicobacter cinaedi (H. cinaedi) infection between March and July 2008. PATIENT, METHOD, AND RESULT: The underlying diseases were hematological malignancies in a majority of cases, many of which received chemotherapy. All patients had a fever. The fever was followed by cellulitis in three, a skin rash in six, pain in the lower limbs in three, and diarrhea in three cases. We...
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