Anaerobiospirillum succiniciproducens bacteremia in a young child.
We report a case of Anaerobiospirillum succiniciproducens bacteremia in a young child who had no underlying disease. The case should alert microbiologists and physicians to an uncommon organism that is very often resistant to antibiotics normally prescribed empirically for infections caused by organisms of similar morphology and characteristics such as Campylobacter species.
Rudensky
Bernard
B
Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel. rudensky@SZMC.org.il
Wachtel
Daniele
D
Yinnon
Amos M
AM
Raveh
David
D
Schlesinger
Yechiel
Y
D019980:Amoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate Combination / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D002701:Chloramphenicol / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D020563:Gammaproteobacteria / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant
D002701:Chloramphenicol; D019980:Amoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate Combination