Two cases of bacteremia due to an unusual pathogen, Comamonas testosteroni in Iran and a review literature

Here we describe two cases of bacteremia caused by Comamonas testosteroni in two malignant patients, a 10-year-old boy with brain medulloblastoma and a 19-year-old girl with osteosarcoma admitted in the same hospital at short intervals. This is the first report in Iran on this low inherent virulenc...

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Main Authors: Shohreh Farshad, Fatemeh Norouzi, Maneli Aminshahidi, Behzad Heidari, Abdolvahab Alborzi
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Published: The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries 2012-01-01
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Online Access:https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/2215
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description Here we describe two cases of bacteremia caused by Comamonas testosteroni in two malignant patients, a 10-year-old boy with brain medulloblastoma and a 19-year-old girl with osteosarcoma admitted in the same hospital at short intervals. This is the first report in Iran on this low inherent virulence organism as a human pathogen.
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spelling doaj-art-9935f69708c64969a0e7c4293f52d9ca2025-08-20T02:16:06ZengThe Journal of Infection in Developing CountriesJournal of Infection in Developing Countries1972-26802012-01-0160610.3855/jidc.2215Two cases of bacteremia due to an unusual pathogen, Comamonas testosteroni in Iran and a review literatureShohreh Farshad0Fatemeh Norouzi1Maneli Aminshahidi2Behzad Heidari3Abdolvahab Alborzi4Professor Alborzi Clinical Microbiology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Namazi Hospital, Shiraz 71937-11351, IranProfessor Alborzi Clinical Microbiology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Namazi Hospital, Shiraz 71937-11351, IranProfessor Alborzi Clinical Microbiology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Namazi Hospital, Shiraz 71937-11351, IranClinical Laboratory Research of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Namazi Hospital, Shiraz 71937-11351, IranProfessor Alborzi Clinical Microbiology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Namazi Hospital, Shiraz 71937-11351, Iran Here we describe two cases of bacteremia caused by Comamonas testosteroni in two malignant patients, a 10-year-old boy with brain medulloblastoma and a 19-year-old girl with osteosarcoma admitted in the same hospital at short intervals. This is the first report in Iran on this low inherent virulence organism as a human pathogen. https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/2215Comamonas testosteroni bacteremiaIrancase report
spellingShingle Shohreh Farshad
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Two cases of bacteremia due to an unusual pathogen, Comamonas testosteroni in Iran and a review literature
Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
Comamonas testosteroni bacteremia
Iran
case report
title Two cases of bacteremia due to an unusual pathogen, Comamonas testosteroni in Iran and a review literature
title_full Two cases of bacteremia due to an unusual pathogen, Comamonas testosteroni in Iran and a review literature
title_fullStr Two cases of bacteremia due to an unusual pathogen, Comamonas testosteroni in Iran and a review literature
title_full_unstemmed Two cases of bacteremia due to an unusual pathogen, Comamonas testosteroni in Iran and a review literature
title_short Two cases of bacteremia due to an unusual pathogen, Comamonas testosteroni in Iran and a review literature
title_sort two cases of bacteremia due to an unusual pathogen comamonas testosteroni in iran and a review literature
topic Comamonas testosteroni bacteremia
Iran
case report
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