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C Pienaar1, A J Kruger, E C Venter, J D D Pitout.
Abstract
This report describes a case of bacteraemia caused by Anaerobiospirillum succiniciproducens. Anaerobiospirillum succiniciproducens is a rare cause of bacteraemia in humans, and when encountered usually occurs in immunocompromised patients. The organism is an anaerobic, spiral shaped, Gram negative bacillus with bipolar tufts of flagella. In this report, the morphology, with special reference to electron microscopic features, culture characteristics, and antimicrobial susceptibility are described.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 12663649 PMCID: PMC1769926 DOI: 10.1136/jcp.56.4.316
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Pathol ISSN: 0021-9746 Impact factor: 3.411