Leclercia adecarboxylata Sepsis and Cerebral Herniation

Autor: Karen Sethi, Leon A. Metlay, Eric M Barker, Louis Eugene Daugherty, Mary T. Caserta
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. 3:e1-e3
ISSN: 2048-7207
2048-7193
DOI: 10.1093/jpids/pis131
Popis: Leclercia adecarboxylata, a gram-negative bacillus of the Enterobacteriaceae family, is rarely identified as a pathogen in humans. We describe a fatal case of L adecarboxylata sepsis in a child. This is the first reported pediatric death associated with infection due to L adecarboxylata.
Databáze: OpenAIRE