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SUBMITTER: Pimentel JD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1951246 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pimentel Jason D JD Chan Raymond C RC
Journal of clinical microbiology 20070613 8
Desulfovibrio fairfieldensis is a gram-negative, curved, motile, anaerobic bacillus. D. fairfieldensis has been isolated only from human specimens and is considered a normal resident of the human gastrointestinal tract. We report the second case of Desulfovibrio bacteremia associated with choledocholithiasis and review the other reported cases of D. fairfieldensis bacteremia. ...[more]