Open AccessLeclercia Adecarboxylata Isolation: Case Reports and Review
Author(s) -
Anuradha Mokkapati
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2014/9763.5260
Subject(s) - cefoxitin , ertapenem , meropenem , microbiology and biotechnology , mezlocillin , ampicillin , medicine , amikacin , cefepime , piperacillin , imipenem , gentamicin , ticarcillin , antibiotics , biology , bacteria , staphylococcus aureus , antibiotic resistance , pseudomonas aeruginosa , genetics
Leclercia adecarboxylata is usually isolated as a part of polymicrobial cultures in immunocompetent patients, and as a pure culture in immunocompromised persons. Although generally sensitive to most antibiotics, there are reports of resistant strains. Two case reports of L. adecarboxylata isolation in the lab in pure culture in immunocompetent persons are presented here, L. adecarboxylata being isolated from a vaginal swab in the first case and from a gluteal abscess in the second case. Both the isolates were sensitive to most of the antibiotics tested.