Post-ERCP bacteremia caused by <it>Alcaligenes xylosoxidans </it>in a patient with pancreas cancer
<p>Abstract</p> <p><it>Alcaligenes xylosoxidans </it>is an aerobic, motile, oxidase and catalase positive, nonfermentative Gram negative bacillus. This bacterium has been isolated from intestine of humans and from various hospital or environmental water sources. <it&...
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2006-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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| Summary: | <p>Abstract</p> <p><it>Alcaligenes xylosoxidans </it>is an aerobic, motile, oxidase and catalase positive, nonfermentative Gram negative bacillus. This bacterium has been isolated from intestine of humans and from various hospital or environmental water sources. <it>A.xylosoxidans </it>is both waterborne and results from the poor-hygienic conditions healthcare workers are in. In this case report, the bacteremia which appeared in a patient with pancreas cancer after ERCP was described.</p> |
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| Item Description: | 10.1186/1476-0711-5-19 1476-0711 |