Herbaspirillum species bacteremia in a pediatric oncology patient.
Herbaspirillum species, an organism commonly found in soil, has only recently been linked to disease in humans. We report Herbaspirillum bacteremia in a 2-year-old female patient following a hematopoietic stem cell transplant for relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Ziga
Edward D
ED
Departments of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
Druley
Todd
T
Burnham
Carey-Ann D
CA
D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; D042803:Herbaspirillum / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D010802:Phylogeny; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S