Open AccessEarly Onset Neonatal Septicaemia Caused by Pantoea agglomerans
Author(s) -
Mallika Sengupta
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/19613.7807
Subject(s) - pantoea agglomerans , sepsis , neonatal sepsis , pathogen , medicine , opportunistic pathogen , neonatal seizure , bacteremia , urinary system , pantoea , intensive care medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , immunology , biology , antibiotics , bacteria , 16s ribosomal rna , genetics , psychiatry , epilepsy , pseudomonas aeruginosa
Pantoea agglomerans is an opportunistic pathogen causing infection in the immunocompromised patients. It is a plant pathogen and a rare human pathogen causing neonatal sepsis, joint infection, urinary tract infection and bloodstream infections. Neonatal Gram negative septicaemia may have an unusual presentation of subtle generalised neonatal seizures without any other cardinal features of sepsis. An appropriate diagnosis is therefore the key to proper management. P. agglomerans being an unusual cause of neonatal sepsis should be diagnosed early with proper antibiogram for clinical cure. Here, we report a case of neonatal sepsis caused by P. agglomerans in a tertiary care hospital in Eastern India.