Leptotrichia buccalis bacteremia in two patients with acute myelogenous leukemia.
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.
Bhally
Hasan S
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Division of Medical Microbiology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Meyer B1-193, 600 N. Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
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Clara
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Romagnoli
Mark
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Borek
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Wakefield
Teresa
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Carroll
Karen C
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