A WEB-SURFER'S GUIDE TO BACTERIA ASSOCIATED WITH INFECTIONS IN HUMANS

Kurthia

"K. bessoni" (not a validly published name) has been associated with bacteraemia and endocarditis - reported susceptible to penicillin

K. gibsonii and K. zopfii - isolated from faeces of patients with diarrhoea

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