Anaerobiospirillum succiniciproducens bacteraemia in a patient with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
A 17-year-old man with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia had fever and diarrhoea during a febrile neutropenic episode. A spiral-shaped, Gram-negative anaerobic bacterium was isolated from blood, and confirmed as Anaerobiospirillum succiniciproducens by 16S rRNA sequencing. The patient responded to imipe...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2009
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/3992/1/Anaerobiospirillum_succiniciproducens_bacteraemia_in_a_patient_with_acute_lymphoblastic_leukaemia.pdf http://eprints.um.edu.my/3992/ http://jmm.sgmjournals.org/content/58/1/142.full.pdf+html |
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| Summary: | A 17-year-old man with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia had fever and diarrhoea during a febrile neutropenic episode. A spiral-shaped, Gram-negative anaerobic bacterium was isolated from blood, and confirmed as Anaerobiospirillum succiniciproducens by 16S rRNA sequencing. The patient responded to imipenem. |
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