Abstract
A female child admitted to hospital, diagnosed with acute lymphatic leukemia - CALLA
positive, developed loose motions. Her stool culture and blood culture grew Pseudomonas
aeruginosa. Although the diarrhea subsided after five days, the stool culture repeatedly
grew P. aeruginosa for more than one month, in spite of treatment. Even though diarrhea
due to Pseudomonas is rare, it can yet be seen in immunocompromised patients and is
also associated with neutropenic enterocolitis. Stool specimens of all leukemia patients
on chemotherapy and suffering from diarrhea, should be sent routinely for culture,
so as to find out the exact cause of the diarrhea. Proper reporting will enable the
clinicians to start appropriate antibiotics, thereby, reducing the morbidity and mortality
of the leukemia patients.
Keywords
Acute lymphatic leukemia - Pseudomonas - diarrhea
