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Chryseobacterium indologenes non-catheter-related bacteremia in a patient with a solid tumor.

Christakis GB, Perlorentzou SP, Chalkiopoulou I, Athanasiou A, Legakis NJ

Department of Microbiology, METAXA Anticancer Hospital, Piraeus, Greece. chri-kis@hol.gr

A case of non-catheter-related bacteremia caused by Chryseobacterium indologenes in a nonneutropenic man with a solid tumor is described. The patient was successfully treated with piperacillin-tazobactam.

Published 7 April 2005 in J Clin Microbiol, 43(4): 2021-3.
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