| Literature DB >> 12504612 |
W M Janda1, P Tipirneni, R M Novak.
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Brevibacteria are obligately aerobic gram-positive bacilli that are associated with milk products and are also found on human skin. Strains of Brevibacterium casei have been found to correspond to Centers for Disease Control coryneform groups B-1 and B-3 and have been isolated from a variety of human clinical specimens. In this report, we describe a case of B. casei bacteremia and sepsis in a patient with AIDS associated with a contaminated Hickmann catheter and review the microbiology and characteristics of these emerging opportunistic pathogens.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 12504612 DOI: 10.1053/jinf.2002.1076
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Infect ISSN: 0163-4453 Impact factor: 6.072