Clinical and laboratory characteristics of Achromobacter xylosoxidans infection
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Clinical and laboratory characteristics of Achromobacter xylosoxidans infection.
Achromobacter xylosoxidans was isolated from six patients. The organism causes opportunistic infections in patients who are compromised. A. xylosoxidans is a catalase- and oxidase-positive, motile, gram-negative rod that oxidizes xylose and glucose. The organism exists in a water environment and may be confused with Pseudomonas species. Unlike pseudomonas, achromobacter has peritrichous flagell...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
سال: 1980
ISSN: 0095-1137,1098-660X
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.11.2.141-145.1980