Septicemia caused by Sphingobacterium multivorum.
Sphingobacterium multivorum was isolated in pure culture from the blood of a man undergoing chemotherapy for a lymphoma. He responded to appropriate antibiotics and later showed a significant rise in specific serum antibodies. Carbon substrate assimilation tests and fatty acid analysis proved useful in identifying the organism precisely.
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000096:biosynthesis; D005417:Flavobacterium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D007108:Immune Tolerance; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008875:Middle Aged; D018805:Sepsis / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial