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Abstract

A case of central venous catheter-related bacteraemia due to in a neutropenic patient with acute myelogenous leukaemia is reported. The patient was successfully treated with amikacin and piperacillin-tazobactam. The clinical isolate was identified as by 16S rRNA gene sequencing.

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