1. Case report of bacteremia due to Neisseria mucosa.
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Mechergui, Arij, Achour, Wafa, Baaboura, Rekaya, Ouertani, Hela, Lakhal, Amal, Torjemane, Lamia, Othman, Tarek Ben, and Hassen, Assia Ben
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NEISSERIA , *MULTIPLE myeloma , *BACTEREMIA diagnosis , *HEMATOPOIETIC stem cells , *STEM cell transplantation , *CENTRAL venous catheterization - Abstract
Neisseria mucosa, a Gram-negative diplococcus, is part of normal nasopharyngeal flora. We report a case of bacteremia caused by N. mucosa in a 50-year-old neutropenic patient suffering from non-secretory multiple myeloma stage IIIA. This case underscores that mostly nonpathogenic N. mucosa can cause bacteremia in neutropenic patients who developed mucositis after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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