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During a three-year period, Capnocytophaga sputigena bacteremia occurred in three patients with acute leukemia receiving induction therapy on a hematology ward. Oral pathology such as periodontitis or severe mucositis was considered to be the most likely source of bacteremia. All three blood culture isolates were identified as that species by deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) homology studies. Because of the phenotypical similarity of Capnocytophaga species, it is difficult to differentiate them by conventional bacteriological methods. All three isolates were susceptible to antibiotics active against most anaerobes. However, production of beta-lactamase was found in two isolates, one of which proved resistant to both piperacillin and ceftazidime. Therefore, the empiric use of imipenem or clindamycin may be justified in febrile granulocytopenic patients with cancer who develop significant oral lesions.

Capnocytophaga sputigena Bacteremia Associated with Acute Leukemia