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SEPTICAEMIA CAUSED BY CARDIOBACTERIUM HOMINIS
Author(s) -
RØNNEVIK PER K.,
NEESS HANS CHR.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
acta pathologica microbiologica scandinavica section b microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0304-131X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1981.tb00183_89b.x
Subject(s) - isolation (microbiology) , strain (injury) , disease , identification (biology) , adenocarcinoma , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , biology , cancer , ecology
Septicaemia caused by Cardiobacterium hominis in a woman aged 67 is reported. She had been treated for metastatic adenocarcinoma for nine months with cytostatic drugs prior to the development of a fatal septicaemia. She had no known pre‐existing heart disease. Isolation and identification of the strain are discussed.