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Cellulitis with persistent bacteremia caused by in a patient with mantle-cell lymphoma.

Authors

Miyamatsu Y, Tanizaki R, Yamada S, Tsujimura I, Wakabayashi H
IDCases. 2021; 23:e01053.
PMID: 33537208.

Abstract

is an organism occasionally isolated in humans but rarely causes bacteremia. We report the first case of cellulitis with bacteremia due to in a patient undergoing mantle-cell lymphoma. A 51-year-old man presented with a two-month history of fever and bilateral leg pain and redness. Despite oral ciprofloxacin administration, his symptoms had not improved. The blood culture sample in the anaerobic bottle yielded positive results and was identified by mass spectrometry. The bacteremia did not initially respond to oral azithromycin but responded to intravenous meropenem and amikacin for five days followed by oral minocycline. This report indicates that bacteremia may be treated with oral minocycline following short-term intravenous antimicrobial therapy even among patients undergoing hematological malignancies.