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Central Venous Catheter Infection with Brevibacterium sp. in an Immunocompetent Woman: Case Report and Review of the Literature

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Brevibacterium spp. were considered apathogenic until a few reports of infections in immunocompromised patients were published. Herein, we present a case of a catheter-related septicemia with Brevibacterium casei in an immunocompetent patient receiving continuous iloprost infusion for pulmonary arterial hypertension and review the clinical presentation of this mainly emerging opportunistic pathogen.

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  1. Dept. of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Zurich, Rämistrasse 100, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland

    S. Ulrich, M. Fischler & R. Speich

  2. Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

    R. Zbinden & M. Pagano

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Ulrich, S., Zbinden, R., Pagano, M. et al. Central Venous Catheter Infection with Brevibacterium sp. in an Immunocompetent Woman: Case Report and Review of the Literature. Infection 34, 103–106 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-006-5027-6

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