Vibrio alginolyticus bacteremia in an immunocompromised patient.
Vibrio alginolyticus, an extremely halophilic member of this genus, was isolated from multiple sets of blood cultures drawn during a septic crisis of a patient with osteogenic sarcoma. No identifiable source of this infection could be determined.
Janda
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Brenden
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DeBenedetti
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Constantino
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Robin
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D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007108:Immune Tolerance; D008297:Male; D008441:Maxillary Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000150:complications*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000209:etiology*; D014733:Vibrio / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014735:Vibrio Infections / Q000209:etiology*