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Report of a Case and Review of the Literature

James C. Guckian, MD; Ernest H. Byers, PhD; John E. Perry, MD

Arch Intern Med. 1967;119(2):170-175.

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THE ARIZONA group of organisms are gram-negative bacilli which resemble the Salmonella biochemically and serologically.^1,2 Biochemical differentiation from Salmonella is based on the ability of Arizona group to liquefy gelatin (delayed), ferment lactose (rapid or delayed), ferment malonate, and inability to ferment D-tartrate or dulcitol. Like Salmonella, Arizona possesses O and H antigens, which may be monophasic or diphasic. Edwards and Ewing have differentiated 33 O groups and 241 serotypes from cultures collected and isolated from numerous sources over a period of 20 years.³

Although Edwards et al published an excellent review of the microbiological aspects of Arizona group in 1959,¹ it has not been generally appreciated that these organisms can produce serious, though fortunately uncommon, infections in man. The purpose of this paper is to present a patient with localized Arizona infection who recovered, and who was treated with antibiotics, based upon the results of tube-dilution . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Galveston, Tex

From the Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas.

Footnotes
Received for publication July 14, 1966; accepted Oct. 19.

Reprint requests to the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas (Dr. Guckian).

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