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SUBMITTER: Hosoya S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7454056 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Emerging infectious diseases 20200901 9
Leuconostoc lactis is a glycopeptide-resistant, gram-positive, facultative anaerobic coccus isolated from dairy products, whereas Staphylococcus nepalensis is coagulase-negative coccus that has not been identified as human pathogen. We report an instructive case of L. lactis and S. nepalensis bacteremia in a 71-year-old man who experienced Boerhaave syndrome after a meal. ...[more]