title: Leptotrichia buccalis bacteremia in two patients with acute myelogenous leukemia.
abstract: Leptotrichia buccalis is rarely implicated in systemic disease. We report two patients with clinically significant L. buccalis bacteremia which developed during the neutropenia secondary to chemotherapy. Based upon our experience, L. buccalis bacteremia should be considered in certain high-risk immunocompromised patients with mucositis and/or gingivitis.
authors.affiliation: Division of Medical Microbiology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Meyer B1-193, 600 N. Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
authors.forename: Hasan S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Bhally
authors.forename: Clara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lema
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Romagnoli
authors.forename: Anita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Borek
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wakefield
authors.forename: Karen C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Carroll