infection: A diverse spectrum of disease.

IDCases

Infectious Diseases Service, Department of Medicine, Sunshine Coast University Hospital, QLD, Australia.

Published: January 2019

is a gram positive bacterium most commonly presenting clinically as pneumonia, however can disseminate to cause disease in virtually any human tissue. Although it is predominantly an opportunistic pathogen, a number of case series have described infection occurring among individuals with a normal immune system. We describe two cases of infection which highlight the diversity of disease presentations of this rare organism.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6329319PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2019.e00487DOI Listing

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