A retrospective study of 47 clinical A. caviae isolated from 46 patients with extra-intestinal infections from 2017 to 2020 at the First Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, a 3000-bed teaching hospital, was performed. Clinical data of 46 patients, including demographics, source of infection, underlying diseases, microbiological data, and respective outcomes, were retrieved from medical records. Diagnosis of bacteremia, biliary tract infection, urinary tract infection, pneumonia, and peritonitis was based on clinical, bacteriological, and radiological investigations.
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