Rapid identification of a Leptotrichia trevisanii catheter-related bloodstream infection using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry

摘要

Leptotrichia trevisanii is a large, fusiform, non-sporulating, motile, Gram-negative rod, and is a member of the family Fusobacteriaceae in the phylum Fusobacteria. Although L. trevisanii bacteraemia is extremely rare, severe infections have been reported in immunocompromised patients.