Avlami A, Papalambrou C, Tzivra M, Dounis E, Kordossis T
Department of Microbiology, Laiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
J Infect. 1997 Nov;35(3):298-9. doi: 10.1016/s0163-4453(97)93308-9.
A patient with rheumatoid arthritis is described who presented with low-grade fever for 3 months, in whom Actinobacillus ureae was cultured from bone marrow aspirate. Fever responded favourably to penicillin therapy. It is the first reported isolation of A. ureae from bone marrow.
