Isolation of Leclercia adecarboxylata from a patient with a subungual splinter
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Isolation of Leclercia adecarboxylata from a patient with a subungual splinter.
Leclercia adecarboxylata is a rarely described motile, aerobic, gram-negative bacillus reported to cause clinically significant solitary infections in immunocompromised patients and polymicrobial wound infections in immunocompetent patients [1-5]. We present a case of a polymicrobial infection including L. adecarboxylata in a healthy female patient with a subungual splinter, to increase awarene...
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عنوان ژورنال: Dermatology Online Journal
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1087-2108
DOI: 10.5070/d3218028443