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Cluster and sporadic cases of herbaspirillum species infections in patients with cancer.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 1 Jan 2015
Chemaly Roy F, Dantes Raymund, Shah Dimpy P, Shah Pankil K, Pascoe Neil, Ariza-Heredia Ella, Perego Cheryl, Nguyen Duc B, Nguyen Kim, Modarai Farhad, Moulton-Meissner Heather, Noble-Wang Judith, Tarrand Jeffrey J, LiPuma John J, Guh Alice Y, MacCannell Tara, Raad Issam, Mulanovich Victor
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BACKGROUND: Herbaspirillum species are gram-negative Betaproteobacteria that inhabit the rhizosphere. We investigated a potential cluster of hospital-based Herbaspirillum species infections. METHODS: Cases were defined as Herbaspirillum species isolated from a patient in our comprehensive cancer center between 1 January 2006 and 15 October 2013. Case finding was performed by reviewing isolates initially...
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