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SUBMITTER: Etienne N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6256403 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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]