A case report of the differential diagnosis of Cellulosimicrobium cellulans-infected endocarditis combined with intracranial infection by conventional blood culture and second-generation sequencing

Abstract Background Cellulosimicrobium cellulans is a gram-positive filamentous bacterium found primarily in soil and sewage that rarely causes human infection, especially in previously healthy adults, but when it does, it often indicates a poor prognosis. Case presentation We report a case of endoc...

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Main Authors: Huifang Zhang, Chunyan He, Rui Tian, Ruilan Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-11-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-020-05559-6