Bacteremia in patients with acute leukemia

47 febrile episodes in 64 patients with leukemia were studied to determine the incidence of bacteremia and the type of organisms that are responsible and their sensitivity to antibiotics, 15 positive blood culture were obtained. Gram negative bacilli were the most commonly isolated organisms followed by gram positive cocci. All the organisms with the exception of two were sensitive to gentamicin or cephalothin or both, the remaining two were resistant to antibiotics that were routinely tested which did not include new generation of antibiotics

Brucella endocarditis

Two cases of brucella endocarditis that were treated successfully with antibiotics alone were reported together with review of published cases which show that valve replacement with antibiotic were needed in the majority of cases, rifampicin and tetracyclin is a suggested combination for treatment of this serious complication