Anaerobiospirillum succiniciproducens bacteraemia in a patient with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

• Main Authors: Fadzilah, M.N., Faizatul, L.J., Hasibah, M.S., Sam, I.C., Bador, M.K., Gan, G.G., AbuBakar, Sazaly
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: R Medicine
• 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
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

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...