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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 1999, p. 2064-2067, Vol. 37, No. 6
0095-1137/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Bacteremia Caused by a Novel Isolate Resembling Leptotrichia Species in a Neutropenic Patient

Jean Baldus Patel,1,* Jill Clarridge,2 Mindy S. Schuster,3 Michael Waddington,4 Janet Osborne,5 and Irving Nachamkin1

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine1 and Department of Medicine,3 University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Department of Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine,2 and Veterans Affairs Medical Center,5 Houston, Texas; and MIDI Labs, Inc., Newark, Delaware4

Received 17 November 1998/Returned for modification 14 January 1999/Accepted 22 February 1999

We report a case of Leptotrichia species bacteremia in a patient undergoing treatment for acute myelogenous leukemia. Like previously reported Leptotrichia species, this is a gram-variable, pleomorphic rod that is catalase negative and utilizes glucose and sucrose. However, it is more fastidious than previously reported isolates of Leptotrichia and may represent a novel species.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Dept. of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 4th Floor, Gates Building, 3400 Spruce St., Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283. Phone: (215) 662-6651. Fax: (215) 662-6655. E-mail: jbpatel{at}mail.med.upenn.edu.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 1999, p. 2064-2067, Vol. 37, No. 6
0095-1137/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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