Isolation of Streptobacillus moniliformis from the blood of a child with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

This is an unusual report of isolation of Streptobacillus moniliformis from the blood of a male child with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. No history of rat bite was there, but rats were present in the house. The possible source of infection may be food or water contaminated with rat excreta. Whether...

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Published inIndian journal of medical microbiology Vol. 28; no. 4; pp. 387 - 389
Main Authors De, AS, Baveja, SM, Salunke, PM, Manglani, MV
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published India Elsevier B.V 01.10.2010
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Acute lymphatic leukemia
Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
Bacteria
Bites
Blood
Blood - microbiology
Child
Fever
Food contamination
Food contamination & poisoning
Fusobacterium Infections - microbiology
Houses
Humans
Male
Moniliformis
Mortality
Opportunist infection
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma - complications
septcaemia
Streptobacillus - classification
Streptobacillus - isolation & purification
Streptobacillus moniliformis
Streptobacillus moniliformis
septcaemia
Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
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Summary:This is an unusual report of isolation of Streptobacillus moniliformis from the blood of a male child with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. No history of rat bite was there, but rats were present in the house. The possible source of infection may be food or water contaminated with rat excreta. Whether this bacteria can cause opportunistic infection in leukaemic patients, need to be evaluated further.
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ISSN:0255-0857
1998-3646
DOI:10.4103/0255-0857.71826