Septicemia caused by Sphingobacterium multivorum
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Sphingobacterium multivorum: case report and literature review
We describe the case of a 67-year-old African American woman with multiple medical problems who presented with septic shock resulting from Sphingobacterium multivorum bacteraemia. S. multivorum, a Gram-negative bacillus, is ubiquitous in nature and is rarely involved in human infections. However, it is intrinsically resistant to many commonly administered antibiotics and can be a life-threateni...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
سال: 1987
ISSN: 0095-1137,1098-660X
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.25.6.1126-1128.1987