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ArticleCureus2023

A Case of Fulminant Fusobacterium necrophorum Bacteremia Secondary to Non-severe COVID-19.

Hiroaki Taniguchi, Takero Terayama, Nobuaki Kiriu, Susumu Matsukuma, Tetsuro Kiyozumi

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Article in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 53% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hiroaki TaniguchiTraumatology and Critical Care Medicine, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, JPN.
Takero TerayamaTraumatology and Critical Care Medicine, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, JPN.
Nobuaki KiriuTraumatology and Critical Care Medicine, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, JPN.
Susumu MatsukumaPathology and Laboratory Medicine, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, JPN.
Tetsuro KiyozumiTraumatology and Critical Care Medicine, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, JPN.
National Defense Medical College · JPNational Defense Medical College Hospital · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Omicron variant of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is more infectious than the previous variants but less severe; more patients are being followed up without hospitalization. Identification of patients with severe disease symptoms as early as possible and prompt initiation of treatment are crucial. A case of a 19-year-old man with mild COVID-19 is described in this report. He died of a secondary infection with Fusobacterium necrophorum bacteremia and a progressive hemorrhagic disorder. The diagnosis was made based on the clinical course and needle necropsy results. In non-severe COVID-19 patients, rapid deterioration of the disease symptoms requiring emergency treatment should lead to suspicion of additional fatal infections with similar clinical symptoms.

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bacterial infectioncoronaviruscovid-19fusobacterium necrophorumomicron variantsars-cov-2secondary infection

Identifiers

PMID37016642
PMCPMC10066869
OpenAlexW4323042035

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