Enterobacter sakazakii bacteraemia with multiple splenic abscesses in a 75-year-old woman: a case report | Zendy

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Enterobacter sakazakii bacteraemia with multiple splenic abscesses in a 75-year-old woman: a case report

Author(s) -

Kay Choong See,

H. A. Than,

Terence Tang

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

age and ageing

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014

H-Index - 143

eISSN - 1468-2834

pISSN - 0002-0729

DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afm092

Subject(s) - medicine , enterobacter , imipenem , percutaneous , bacteremia , abscess , surgery , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , antibiotic resistance , biochemistry , chemistry , escherichia coli , biology , gene

Enterobacter sakazakii is an uncommon bacterium that is known to cause severe neonatal infection and is rare among adults. We present a peculiar case of E. sakazakii bacteraemia with multiple splenic abscesses in a 75-year-old institutionalised woman, who was successfully treated with 6 weeks of imipenem and percutaneous drainage of the abscesses.

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