A novel bacterium associated with lymphadenitis in a patient with chronic granulomatous disease.

Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is a rare inherited disease of the phagocyte NADPH oxidase system causing defective production of toxic oxygen metabolites, impaired bacterial and fungal killing, and recurrent life-threatening infections. We identified a novel gram-negative rod in excised lymph n...

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Main Authors: David E Greenberg, Li Ding, Adrian M Zelazny, Frida Stock, Alexandra Wong, Victoria L Anderson, Georgina Miller, David E Kleiner, Allan R Tenorio, Lauren Brinster, David W Dorward, Patrick R Murray, Steven M Holland
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2006-04-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1435791?pdf=render