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. 1985 Sep;22(3):472–474. doi: 10.1128/jcm.22.3.472-474.1985

Meningitis caused by Gordona aurantiaca (Rhodococcus aurantiacus).

G Prinz, E Bán, S Fekete, Z Szabó
PMCID: PMC268441  PMID: 4044805

Abstract

In a case of hairy cell leukemia, Gordona aurantiaca (Rhodococcus aurantiacus) was isolated from cerebrospinal fluid as the pathogen responsible for lethal infection of the central nervous system. The pathogen had been isolated previously from one case of pulmonary infection process only.

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