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A Neonatal Imaging Model of Gram-Negative Bacterial Sepsis
Published on: August 12, 2020
Early Onset Neonatal Septicaemia Caused by Pantoea agglomerans
Mallika Sengupta1, Sayantan Banerjee2, Niloy Kumar Das3
1Senior Resident, Department of Microbiology, ESI-PGIMSR, ESIC Medical College and ESIC Hospital and ODC (EZ) , Joka, Kolkata, India .
Abstract:
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.
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