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Sacroiliitis secondary to catheter-related bacteremia due to Mycobacterium abscessus (sensu stricto).
Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials - 30 Jan 2014
Laurens Chrislène, Héry-Arnaud Geneviève, Chiron Raphael, Oziol Eric, Jean-Pierre Hélène, Bouzinbi Nicolas, Vande Perre Philippe, Bañuls Anne-Laure, Godreuil Sylvain
Abstract excerpt
We describe a case of sacroiliitis secondary to catheter-related bacteremia due to Mycobacterium abscessus (sensu stricto). This case confirms that MultiLocus sequence typing and variable-number tandem-repeat methods are very robust techniques to identify the pathogen species and to validate molecular epidemiological links among complex M. abscessus isolates.
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