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Disseminated Spiroplasma apis Infection in Patient with Agammaglobulinemia, France.


ABSTRACT: We report a disseminated infection caused by Spiroplasma apis, a honeybee pathogen, in a patient in France who had X-linked agammaglobulinemia. Identification was challenging because initial bacterial cultures and direct examination by Gram staining were negative. Unexplained sepsis in patients with agammaglobulinemia warrants specific investigation to identify fastidious bacteria such as Spiroplasma spp.

SUBMITTER: Etienne N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6256403 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Disseminated Spiroplasma apis Infection in Patient with Agammaglobulinemia, France.

Etienne Nicolas N   Bret Laurent L   Le Brun Cécile C   Lecuyer Hervé H   Moraly Josquin J   Lanternier Fanny F   Hermine Olivier O   Ferroni Agnès A   Lecuit Marc M   Pereyre Sabine S   Beven Laure L   Lortholary Olivier O  

Emerging infectious diseases 20181201 12


We report a disseminated infection caused by Spiroplasma apis, a honeybee pathogen, in a patient in France who had X-linked agammaglobulinemia. Identification was challenging because initial bacterial cultures and direct examination by Gram staining were negative. Unexplained sepsis in patients with agammaglobulinemia warrants specific investigation to identify fastidious bacteria such as Spiroplasma spp. ...[more]

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