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Bacteremia caused by a novel isolate resembling leptotrichia species in a neutropenic patient
J B Patel1, J Clarridge, M S Schuster
1Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia 19104, USA. jbpatel@mail.med.upenn.edu
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|May 15, 1999
Abstract:
We report a case of Leptotrichia species bacteremia in a patient undergoing treatment for acute myelogenous leukemia. Like previously reported Leptotrichia species, this is a gram-variable, pleomorphic rod that is catalase negative and utilizes glucose and sucrose. However, it is more fastidious than previously reported isolates of Leptotrichia and may represent a novel species.