Isolation of Leclercia adecarboxylata from an Infant with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Isolation of Leclercia adecarboxylata from an infant with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Sir—Although Leclercia adecarboxylata was initially described in 1962 [1], reports of clinically significant infections involving this motile, gram-negative bacillus are uncommon. In the world’s literature, 8 cases have been reported in which L. adecarboxylata was isolated from infected patients [2, 3]. In 4 of these cases, L. adecarboxylata was isolated from the blood of patients with an under...

Simultaneous Neuroblastoma and Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in an Infant

Infant Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in infants under 12 months of age accounts for about 4% of childhood ALL and differs from ALL in older children with respect to immunophenotypic, cytogenetic and molecular genetic features. In contrast to the predominance of male sex in older children with ALL, there is a slight predominance of girls in infant ALL (1). In infant leukemia, all necessary genetic...

Leclercia Adecarboxylata Infection in an Immunocompetent Child.

Leclercia adecarboxylata is a motile Gram negative rod that is not often pathogenic in immunocompetent patients. We will present the first case report of a L. adecarboxylata in a pediatric patient with no systemic medical disease and present a detailed literature review.

Isolation of Leclercia adecarboxylata from a patient with a subungual splinter.

Leclercia adecarboxylata is a rarely described motile, aerobic, gram-negative bacillus reported to cause clinically significant solitary infections in immunocompromised patients and polymicrobial wound infections in immunocompetent patients [1-5]. We present a case of a polymicrobial infection including L. adecarboxylata in a healthy female patient with a subungual splinter, to increase awarene...