title: Anaerobiospirillum succiniciproducens bacteraemia in a patient with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.
abstract: A 17-year-old man with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia had fever and diarrhoea during a febrile neutropenic episode. A spiral-shaped, Gram-negative anaerobic bacterium was isolated from blood, and confirmed as Anaerobiospirillum succiniciproducens by 16S rRNA sequencing. The patient responded to imipenem.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Fadzilah
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Faizatul
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Hasibah
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: I-C
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Sam
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: M Kahar
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Bador
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Gan
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: AbuBakar
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D044064:Anaerobiospirillum / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000150:complications*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents