Open AccessBlood Stream Infection by Escherchia hermannii in a Neonate
Author(s) -
Shilpa Sood,
Satyen K Hemrajani
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/15906.8304
Subject(s) - blood stream , microbiology and biotechnology , enterobacteriaceae , escherichia coli , biology , facultative , bacillus (shape) , medicine , genetics , gene , ecology
Escherichia hermannii is a Gram negative bacillus, facultative anaerobe and member of the family Enterobacteriaceae. It was earlier classified as Enteric Group 11 by the Enteric Section of Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and was reported in the clinical laboratory as a yellow pigmented E. coli strain. On the basis of its unique genomic features, this organism was labelled as a distinct species in 1982. A successfully treated case of a blood stream infection by E. hermannii in a neonate is being described.