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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2003, p. 5308-5309, Vol. 41, No. 11
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.11.5308-5309.2003
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Fatal Case of Listeria innocua Bacteremia

Laboratoire de Microbiologie,¹ Service de Réanimation, Hôpital Bel-Air, 57126 Thionville, France²

Received 16 June 2003/ Returned for modification 4 August 2003/ Accepted 20 August 2003

Listeria innocua is widespread in the environment and in food. This species has to date never been described in association with human disease. We report a case of fatal bacteremia caused by L. innocua in a 62-year-old patient.

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