Septicaemia with a dysgonic fermenter-2 (DF-2) bacterium in a compromised host.
Dysgonic fermenter-2 (DF-2) is a newly described gram-negative bacterium that can produce serious infections in the compromised host. We are reporting a case of DF-2 septicaemia in a splenectomized patient with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. The clinical spectrum of infections due to the DF-2 bacterium, the difficulties in establishing the diagnosis and the preferential treatment are discussed.
D000361:Agammaglobulinemia / Q000150:complications; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria; D006801:Humans; D007945:Leukemia, Lymphoid / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013156:Splenectomy