Ann Lab Med.  2018 Jan;38(1):71-73. 10.3343/alm.2018.38.1.71.

Polymicrobial Anaerobic Bacteremia Caused by Butyricimonas virosa and Brachyspira pilosicoli in a Patient with Peritonitis following Intestinal Perforation

• Ogawa Y
• Sato M
• Yamashita
• Nakano R
• Mochizuki
• Kasahara K
• Yano H
• Mikasa K

• KMID: 2397607
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3343/alm.2018.38.1.71

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Bacteremia*
Brachyspira*
Humans
Intestinal Perforation*
Peritonitis*

Figure

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  Fig. 1 Gram staining of the anaerobic blood culture after 120 hours of incubation (×1,000). (arrow): spiral-shaped gram-negative bacilli (Brachyspira pilosicoli). (short arrow): gram-negative short bacilli (Butyricimonas virosa).

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