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

Yoshimi Higurashi; Keita Tatsuno; Fumie Fujimoto; Ito Kobayashi; Kohmei Ida; Yasuyuki Seto; Kiyofumi Ohkusu; Takayuki Ezaki; Shu Okugawa; Kyoji Moriya

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

Yoshimi Higurashi, Keita Tatsuno, Fumie Fujimoto, Ito Kobayashi, Kohmei Ida, Yasuyuki Seto, Kiyofumi Ohkusu, Takayuki Ezaki, Shu Okugawa, Kyoji Moriya

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1181-1184
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy
Volume	19
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10156-013-0596-7
State	Published - Dec 2013
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Esophageal carcinoma
Leptotrichia trevisanii
Leukemia
Neutropenic fever

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

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