Arthritis caused by unidentified gram-positive rods in a child with acute lymphocytic leukemia.
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.
D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D003352:Corynebacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003354:Corynebacterium Infections / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007945:Leukemia, Lymphoid / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*