title: Desulfovibrio desulfuricans bacteremia in an immunocompromised host with a liver graft and ulcerative colitis.
abstract: Desulfovibrio spp. are anaerobic, sulfate-reducing, nonfermenting, Gram-negative bacteria found in the digestive tract of humans. Identification of these species with conventional methods is difficult. The reported case of a Desulfovibrio desulfuricans bacteremia occurring in an immunocompromised host with ulcerative colitis confirms that this organism may be a possible opportunistic human pathogen.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium. isabelverstreken@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Verstreken
authors.forename: Wim
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Laleman
authors.forename: Georges
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wauters
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Verhaegen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D045285:Desulfovibrio desulfuricans / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D045824:Desulfovibrionaceae Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects
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