Volume 32, Number 2—February 2026
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Desulfovibrio Bacteremia in Patients with Abdominal Infections, Japan, 2020–2025
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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.
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