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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2006-04-01
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Series: | PLoS Pathogens |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1435791?pdf=render |