Dysgonic fermenter 3 bacteremia in a neutropenic patient with acute lymphocytic leukemia.
Persistent dysgonic fermenter 3 bacteremia occurred in a granulocytopenic leukemic patient on broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy. This is the first reported case of bacteremia with this fastidious gram-negative rod. Characteristic microbiology and antibiotic susceptibility testing are reviewed. Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole therapy eliminated the bacteremia.
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Infectious Disease Service, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C. 20307.
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D000328:Adult; D000380:Agranulocytosis / Q000150:complications*; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009503:Neutropenia / Q000150:complications*; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000150:complications*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*