Document Type
Article (Restricted)
Publication Date
1-1-2009
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.
Keywords
Diarrheal Feces, Septicemia, Humans, Genus, Cats, Dogs
Publication Title
Journal of Medical Microbiology
Volume
58
Issue
1
Additional Information
Fadzilah, M. N. Faizatul, L. J. Hasibah, M. S. Sam, I-C. Bador, M. Kahar Gan, G. G. AbuBakar, S.
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