Volume 32, Number 1—January 2026
Dispatch
Sphingobacterium hotanense Infections in Immunocompromised Patients, United States
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Figure 2. Gram stain of positive blood culture from patient in case 1 in report of Sphingobacterium hotanense infections in immunocompromised patients, Minnesota, USA. Numerous gram-negative bacilli are shown (pink rods), representing S. hotanense infection. Scale bar indicates 20 μm.
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