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Volume 32, Number 2—February 2026

Dispatch

Desulfovibrio Bacteremia in Patients with Abdominal Infections, Japan, 2020–2025

Naoki Watanabe1Comments to Author , Tomohisa Watari, and Yoshihito Otsuka
Author affiliations: Author affiliation: Kameda Medical Center, Kamogawa, Japan; Current affiliation: Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Japan.1

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Figure 1

Gram-stained smear from a positive anaerobic blood-culture bottle in a study of Desulfovibrio bacteremia at a tertiary-care hospital in Japan, 2020–2025. A) D. desulfuricans spiral form; B) D. desulfuricans curved form; C) D. falkowii curved form; D) D. legallii spiral form. Curved or spiral gram-negative rods are visible. Images were acquired using a 100× oil-immersion objective. Scale bars indicate 10 μm.

Figure 1. Gram-stained smear from a positive anaerobic blood-culture bottle in a study of Desulfovibrio bacteremia at a tertiary-care hospital in Japan, 2020–2025. A) D. desulfuricans spiral form; B) D. desulfuricans curved form; C) D. falkowii curved form; D) D. legallii spiral form. Curved or spiral gram-negative rods are visible. Images were acquired using a 100× oil-immersion objective. Scale bars indicate 10 μm.

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