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A case of postoperativePediococcus acidilactici septicemia with parallel isolation of the organism from hepatic specimens is presented. Laboratory methods to identify this vancomycin-resistant gram-positive cocci are described. Very few cases of documented infections due to this bacterium have been reported in the literature.
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Sire, J.M., Donnio, P.Y., Mesnard, R. et al. Septicemia and hepatic abscess caused byPediococcus acidilactici . Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 11, 623–625 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01961670
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