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J Infect Chemother
; 14(5): 368-70, 2008 Oct.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18936890
ABSTRACT
Desulfovibrio species are anaerobic gram-negative, pleomorphic bacilli rarely causing infection in humans. In the present report, we describe a case of bacteremia caused by Desulfovibrio fairfieldensis. The patient, for whom biapenem was administered, rapidly improved without any sequelae. As far as we know, this is the first case report of infection by Desulfovibrio species in Japan.