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  Clinical Microbiology and InfectionVolume 9 Issue 11, Pages 1112 - 1115 Published Online: 31 Oct 2003 Journal compilation © 2010 European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Published on behalf of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
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Fusobacterium nucleatum: a rare cause of bacteremia in neutropenic patients with leukemia and lymphoma Copyright © 2003 Copyright by the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases KEYWORDS
Fusobacterium nucleatum
• neutropenia • bacteremia • anaerobes ABSTRACTAlthough anaerobic bacteremias are uncommon in oncohematologic patients, nevertheless they have been considered an emergent problem in the last few years. Fusobacterium nucleatum is an anaerobic Gram-negative bacillus commonly present in the oral cavity and in the respiratory and genito-urinary tracts. Over a 10-year period 18 episodes of F. nucleatum bacteremia in patients with hematological malignances (15 leukemias and 3 lymphomas) have been observed in our Department of Hematology. Predisposing factors included oropharyngeal mucositis and severe neutropenia owing to intensive chemotherapy. In our experience no septic shock occurred and the outcome of bacteremias caused by F. nucleatum was favorable. Accepted 26 December 2002 | 
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