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A Kluyvera cryocrescens strain from a gall-bladder infection

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The isolation and the identification of a pure-culture Kluyvera cryocrescens strain in a gall-bladder pus specimen from a 76-year-old woman with acute cholecystitis is described. This is the first reported recovery of a K. cryocrescens strain from such a sample.

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  1. Ospedale Regionale Zonale D. Parodi, Colleferro, Roma

    R. Thaller

  2. Istituto di Microbiologia, Università ≪ La Sapienza ≫, P. zzale A. Moro, 5, 00185, Roma

    F. Berlutti & M. C. Thaller

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Thaller, R., Berlutti, F. & Thaller, M.C. A Kluyvera cryocrescens strain from a gall-bladder infection. Eur J Epidemiol 4, 124–126 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00152705

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