Recurrent Bacteremia in a Patient With Leukemia.

species are a commensal flora of the human gastrointestinal and the female genitourinary tract. especially the species, are common components of commercial probiotics. They are rarely associated with pathology in immunocompetent people, but they have been known to cause dental caries, bacteremia, and endocarditis in patients with suppressed immune function. Cases of bacteremia have been reported in patients with acute myeloid leukemia, large granular lymphocytic leukemia, and in transplant recipients. In this article, we report a strange case of recurrent bacteremia causing multiple episodes of fever of unknown origin in a patient with leukemia. This report is unique as is not recognized as a common source of bacteremia. Moreover, the source of the continued to elude us even after extensive investigation.