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Sepsis caused by Veillonella parvula infection in a 17-year-old patient with X-linked agammaglobulinemia (Bruton's disease).

Magdalena M Strach, Maciej M Siedlar, Danuta D Kowalczyk, Marek M Zembala, and Tomasz T Grodzicki

J Clin Microbiol 44(7):2655-6 (2006) PMID 16825407 PMCID 1489495

A case of a male, 17-year-old, X-linked agammaglobulinemia patient with bacteremia caused by Veillonella parvula, without a defined primary site of infection, is presented. The report demonstrates that V. parvula should not be regarded as a nonpathogenic microorganism, at least not in patients with certain forms of immunodeficiency disease.

DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00467-06
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