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Case report| Volume 18, ISSUE 2, P171-173, March 1989

Citrobacter freundii bacteraemia presenting as typhoid fever

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      Summary

      Citrobacter infections usually arise opportunistically in immunocompromised persons. We report the case of a young man in whom Citrobacter freundii caused a primary invasive illness similar to typhoid fever.
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