Two cases of bacteremia caused by Leptotrichia trevisanii in patients with febrile neutropenia.

Authors :: Higurashi, Yoshimi
Tatsuno, Keita
Fujimoto, Fumie
Kobayashi, Ito
Ida, Kohmei
Seto, Yasuyuki
Ohkusu, Kiyofumi
Ezaki, Takayuki
Okugawa, Shu
Moriya, Kyoji
Source :: Journal of Infection & Chemotherapy (Springer Science & Business Media B.V.). Dec2013, Vol. 19 Issue 6, p1181-1184. 4p.
Publication Year :: 2013
Abstract: We present two cases of bacteremia caused by Leptotrichia trevisanii: a 12-year-old girl with recurrent myeloid leukemia of the mandible and a 66-year-old man with esophageal carcinoma. As this filamentous bacillus showed indefinite Gram staining and the identification based on biochemical enzymatic reactions was not definitive, identification required 16s rRNA analysis. For this organism, drug sensitivity testing showed susceptiblity to each β-lactam antibiotics and clindamycin, but resistance to fluoroquinolone and erythromycin. This filamentous bacillus needs careful identification and appropriate antibiotic treatment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Subjects :: *BACTEREMIA
*ANAEROBIC bacteria
*FEBRILE neutropenia
*MYELOID leukemia
*CANCER relapse
*ESOPHAGEAL cancer

Language :: English
ISSN :: 1341321X
Volume :: 19
Issue :: 6
Database :: Academic Search Index
Journal :: Journal of Infection & Chemotherapy (Springer Science & Business Media B.V.)
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: 92756953
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10156-013-0596-7

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