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Yoshimi Higurashi1, Keita Tatsuno, Fumie Fujimoto, Ito Kobayashi, Kohmei Ida, Yasuyuki Seto, Kiyofumi Ohkusu, Takayuki Ezaki, Shu Okugawa, Kyoji Moriya.
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.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID： 23584842 DOI： 10.1007/s10156-013-0596-7
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Infect Chemother ISSN： 1341-321X Impact factor: 2.211