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First Report of Treatment of Anaerobiospirillum s ucciniciproducens Bloodstream Infection with Levofloxacin

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: The full extent of the clinical spectrum and optimal therapy of Anaerobiospirillum succiniciproducens infections remains to be determined. We describe the first case of bloodstream infection (BSI) due to A. succiniciproducens in an asymptomatic elderly male with poor dentition that was treated with levofloxacin.

Source: Journal of Clinical Microbiology

DOI: 10.1128/jcm.02478-09

Authors: Theodoros Kelesidis, Jennifer Dien Bard, Romney Humphries, Kevin Ward, Michael A. Lewinski, Daniel Z. Uslan

Institutions: University of California, Los Angeles, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, UCLA Medical Center

Language: English

Topic: Infections and bacterial resistance

Subfield: Endocrinology

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2105572506

FWCI: 1.916

Cites: 23

Cited by: 22

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