Fatal sepsis due to Pseudomonas cepacia.

Autor: Saha SK; Department of Microbiology, Bangladesh Institute of Child Health (BICH), Dhaka Shishu (children) Hospital, Bangladesh., Hanif M, Khan WA, Rahaman D, Khan N, Hoq MS, Sarwardi G
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Singapore medical journal [Singapore Med J] 1994 Oct; Vol. 35 (5), pp. 475-6.
Abstrakt: Pseudomonas cepacia is known as an opportunistic pathogen in the patients with altered host defence. We report a case of hospital-acquired fatal sepsis due to P. cepacia in a child with no known defect in immune system. Virulence of the organism was indicated by the high magnitude of septicaemia. The organism was successfully eliminated by ceftriaxone but the patient died of renal failure.
Databáze: MEDLINE