Identification of Kosakonia cowanii as a rare cause of acute cholecystitis: case report and review of the literature

Identification of Kosakonia cowanii as a rare cause of acute cholecystitis: case report and review of the literature

Abstract Background Kosakonia cowanii, formerly known as Enterobacter cowanii, is a Gram-negative bacillus belonging to the order Enterobacterales. The species is usually recognized as a plant pathogen and has only anecdotally been encountered as a human pathogen. Here we describe the rare case of a...

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Main Authors: Benjamin Berinson, Eugen Bellon, Martin Christner, Anna Both, Martin Aepfelbacher, Holger Rohde
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-05-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Cholecystitis
Diagnostics
Species identification
Kosakonia cowanii
Whole genome sequencing
Case report
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-020-05084-6

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