Successful Treatment of a Fulminant Rothia mucilaginosa Central Nervous System Infection in an Adolescent With T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2024 Jul 1;43(7):e255-e256. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000004322. Epub 2024 Mar 13.

Authors

Gabriela J Espinoza-Candelaria¹, Erica Mamauag¹, Andrew Bukowinski¹, Zachary Aldewereld^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
² Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

PMID: 38502880
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000004322

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Actinomycetales Infections / drug therapy
Actinomycetales Infections / microbiology
Adolescent
Anti-Bacterial Agents* / therapeutic use
Central Nervous System Bacterial Infections / diagnosis
Central Nervous System Bacterial Infections / drug therapy
Central Nervous System Bacterial Infections / microbiology
Humans
Micrococcaceae* / isolation & purification
Precursor T-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma* / complications
Precursor T-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma* / drug therapy
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents