Anaerobiospirillum succiniciproducens bacteraemia in a patient with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

Fadzilah MN 1 , Faizatul LJ 1 , Hasibah MS 1 , Sam IC 1 , Bador MK 1 , Gan GG 2 Show all authors , AbuBakar S 1

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 2 Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
J Med Microbiol, 2009 Jan;58(Pt 1):142-143.
PMID: 19074667 DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.004622-0

Abstract

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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