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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: LaSala PR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1829037 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of clinical microbiology 20061122 2
Members of the family of Xanthomonadaceae are typically characterized as environmental organisms. With the exception of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, these organisms are infrequently implicated as human pathogens. We describe three cases of central venous catheter-associated bloodstream infections caused by Dokdonella koreensis, Aquimonas voraii, and a Luteibacter sp., all newly named genera within the family Xanthomonadaceae. The three patients all had histories of underlying hematological diso ...[more]