Article: Bacteremia Caused by the in a Previously Healthy 30-Year-Old Man with Acute Suppurative Appendicitis: A Case Report from China

is part of the normal bacterial flora of the intestinal tract, but may cause life-threatening infections. has been isolated from blood, abscesses, wounds, skin ulcers, and intra-abdominal infections. However, due to historical difficulties with laboratory identification by conventional biochemical methods, some cases of infection have previously gone undiagnosed, especially in China where infections are very rare. Recently, matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS), a new type of technology, has made it possible to identify . We report a case of postoperative infection caused by which was treated successfully using meropenem.

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