ACTINOMYCES ODONTOLYTICUS: A RARE CAUSE OF PEDIATRIC FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA

CIHAN, Meric KAYMAK; OZDEMIR, Sonay INCESOY; GULHAN, Belgin; ERDEM, Arzu YAZAL; OZYORUK, Derya; SARI, Neriman; ILHAN, Inci ERGURHAN

doi:10.1016/j.htct.2021.10.1097

Hematology, Transfusion and Cell Therapy

ISSN: 2531-1379

Hematology, Transfusion and Cell Therapy is a quarterly scientific publication of the Associação Brasileira de Hematologia, Hemoterapia e Terapia Celular (ABHH), Associazione Italo-Brasiliana di Ematologia (AIBE), Eurasian Hematology Oncology Group (EHOG), and Sociedade Brasileira de Oncologia Pediátrica (SOBOPE).

Hematology, Transfusion and Cell Therapy publishes original articles, review articles and case reports covering various areas in the field of hematology and hemotherapy. The journal was previously published, until 2016, as Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia.

ISSN print: 2531-1379
ISSN online: 2531-1387

Published by Elsevier Editora Ltda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Consensus of the Brazilian association of hematology, hemotherapy and cellular therapy on patient blood management.

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Actinomyces spp. are gram-positive bacilli found in humans as a common flora of the oropharynx, gastrointestinal tract, and urogenital tract. We describe a case of Actinomyces odontolyticus bacteremia in an Ewing sarcoma and febrile neutropenic girl. This is the first time that bacteremia due to A. odontolyticus has been reported in a pediatric cancer patient. . This case suggests that A. odontolyticus should be regarded as a possible cause of bacteremia in neutropenic pediatric cancer patients.

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