Rare Case of Fusobacterium necrophorum Bacteremia and Pleural Empyema Originating from a Burn Ulcer in a 16-Year-Old Female Patient

BACKGROUND Most Fusobacterium necrophorum infections originate in the head and neck region. Infections originating from sites other than the head and neck are rare but are more common in older than in younger adults and have a higher mortality rate than that of infections originating from the head a...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The American journal of case reports 2024-12, Vol.25, p.e945283
Hauptverfasser:	Yatomi, Masakiyo, Hashimoto, Chihiro, Kouno, Shunichi, Hoshino, Yuki, Yoshida, Yuki, Hara, Kentaro, Uno, Shogo, Masubuchi, Hiroaki, Miura, Yosuke, Tsurumaki, Hiroaki, Koga, Yasuhiko, Sunaga, Noriaki, Hisada, Takeshi, Maeno, Toshitaka
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use Bacteremia - drug therapy Bacteremia - microbiology Burns - complications Empyema, Pleural - microbiology Female Fusobacterium Infections - complications Fusobacterium necrophorum - isolation & purification Humans
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