The first case of sepsis in a non-Hodgkin lymphoma patient: biological understandings and clinical consequencies.

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Division of Hematology, Department of Medicin, Ospedale Valduce, Como, Italy.

Published: August 2020

AI Article Synopsis

  • This text discusses a nonpathogenic bacteria that can still lead to serious diseases, especially in people with weakened immune systems.
  • It reports on a case where MALDI-TOF mass-spectrometry was used to identify this bacteria in a patient suffering from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma who was undergoing treatment.
  • The identification of this bacteria through advanced technology had significant implications for the patient's clinical management and treatment decisions.

Article Abstract

is a rapidly growing nonpathogenic species of the family of bacteria that can cause pulmonary and disseminated disease in particular in immunocompromised individuals. Here we describe a first case of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight (MALDI-TOF) mass-spectrometry (MS) identification of this pathogen in a patient with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma during chemoimmunotherapy salvage treatment, and its impact on clinical decision making.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7660240PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/acmi.0.000161DOI Listing

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