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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2005, p. 2021-2023, Vol. 43, No. 4
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.4.2021-2023.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Chryseobacterium indologenes Non-Catheter-Related Bacteremia in a Patient with a Solid Tumor

George B. Christakis,1* Stavroula P. Perlorentzou,1 Irene Chalkiopoulou,1 Athanasios Athanasiou,2 and Nikolas J. Legakis3

Department of Microbiology,1 First Department of Medical Oncology, METAXA Anticancer Hospital, Piraeus ,2 Department of Microbiology, Medical School of the University of Athens, Athens, Greece3

Received 29 August 2004/ Returned for modification 6 December 2004/ Accepted 13 December 2004

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.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: 106 Ipsilantou St., 187 58 Keratsini, Greece. Phone: 30 210 4315443. Fax: 30 210 8909566. E-mail: chri-kis{at}hol.gr.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2005, p. 2021-2023, Vol. 43, No. 4
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.4.2021-2023.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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