Systemic Infection of an Immunocompromised Patient with Methylobacterium zatmanii
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Systemic infection of an immunocompromised patient with Methylobacterium zatmanii.
We describe the identification of Methylobacterium zatmanii as the causative agent of bacteremia and fever in an immunocompromised patient. The patient, a 60-year-old man, had a 5-month history of acute myeloid leukemia and had been on chemotherapy throughout this period. Seven days after the onset of neutropenia, the patient developed fever. The combination of ciprofloxacin, co-trimoxazole, im...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0095-1137,1098-660X
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.1.248-250.1999