SummaryWe report here on a new case ofL buccalisbacteremia. To our knowledge 16 other cases ofL buccalisbacteraemia have been reported in the literature, most of them in neutropenic patients. HoweverL buccalisendocarditis does occasionally occur in non-neutropenic patients. The identification ofL buccalisis based on well known phenotypic features and confirmed by the detection of a large peak of lactic acid by gas chromatography for non volatile organic acids.L buccalisis sensitive to a wide range of antibiotics including P-lactam antibiotics, but it is resistant to aminoglycosides and macrolides.