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  3. Gordonia bronchialis bacteremia and pleural infection: case report and review of the literature

Gordonia bronchialis bacteremia and pleural infection: case report and review of the literature

  • J Clin Microbiol. 2011 Apr;49(4):1662-6. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02121-10.
Jennifer A Johnson 1,  Andrew B Onderdonk,  Lisa A Cosimi,  Sigal Yawetz,  Brent A Lasker,  Shanna J Bolcen,  June M Brown,  Francisco M Marty
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Affiliation

  • 1 Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. [email protected]
PMID: 21270217 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02121-10
Abstract

Gordonia species are aerobic actinomycetes recently recognized as causing human disease, often in the setting of intravascular catheter-related infections. We describe a case of Gordonia bronchialis bacteremia and pleural space Infection in the absence of an indwelling intravascular catheter and review the breadth of reported infections with this emerging pathogen.

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