Drancourt M., Prebet T., Aghnatios R., Edouard S., Cayrou C., Henry M., Blaise D., Raoult Didier. (2014). Planctomycetes DNA in febrile aplastic patients with leukemia, rash, diarrhea, and micronodular pneumonia. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 52 (9), p. 3453-3455. ISSN 0095-1137.
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Planctomycetes DNA in febrile aplastic patients with leukemia, rash, diarrhea, and micronodular pneumonia
Drancourt M., Prebet T., Aghnatios R., Edouard S., Cayrou C., Henry M., Blaise D., Raoult Didier
Source
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2014,
52 (9), p. 3453-3455 ISSN 0095-1137
We found Planctomycetes DNA in 2 out of 100 blood samples from patients suffering from leukemia with neutropenia induced by chemotherapy, as well as fever, rash, pneumonia, and diarrhea. Antibiotic-resisting Planctomycetes may be pathogenic in these patients.
