Ann Lab Med.  2019 May;39(3):340-342. 10.3343/alm.2019.39.3.340.

Septicemia Caused by Herbaspirillum huttiense Secondary to Pneumonia

• Liu C
• Kwon MJ
• Kim M
• Byun JH
• Yong D
• Lee K

• KMID: 2431615
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3343/alm.2019.39.3.340

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Herbaspirillum*
Pneumonia*
Sepsis*

Figure

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  Fig. 1 Neighbor-joining phylogenetic tree based on 16S rRNA gene sequences of Herbaspirillum species, including the H. huttiense strain isolated in this clinical case. H. huttiense is compared with eight other similar organisms.

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