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Arthritis caused by unidentified gram-positive rods in a child with acute lymphocytic leukemia

P C Appelbaum, J H Dossett

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

|March 1, 1982

Abstract:

A 12-year-old girl with refractory acute lymphocytic leukemia developed arthritis owing to an unidentified gram-positive Corynebacterium-like rod. The infection responded to amoxycillin therapy, but death ensued owing to the underlying leukemic condition.

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