title: Flavobacterium meningosepticum bacteremia in an adult with acute leukemia. Use of rifampin to clear persistent infection.
abstract: A case of Flavobacterium meningosepticum bacteremia complicating the course of a patient with leukemia is described. The patient was treated successfully when rifampin was added to the antibiotic therapy. Unusual organisms should be considered as agents of infection in immunocompromised hosts and susceptibility testing with drugs not commonly employed for gram-negative rods should be performed in complicated cases.
authors.forename: B E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Hirsh
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Kiehn
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gee
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Armstrong
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D005417:Flavobacterium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D004915:Leukemia, Erythroblastic, Acute / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012293:Rifampin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D012293:Rifampin