Bacteremia caused by CDC group IV c-2 in a patient with acute leukemia.
Human infection due to CDC group IV c-2, a gram negative bacillous, are rare. We describe a case of nosocomial bacteremia caused by this organism in a neutropenic patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and include a literature review of CDC group IV c-2 infection in patients with hematologic malignancies.
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Salar
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Carratalà
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Zurita
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González-Barca
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D000368:Aged; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000382:microbiology*