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A Premature Infant With Neonatal Actinomyces odontolyticus Sepsis
Maria S Rueda1,2, Yosefa Hefter2, Brian Stone3
1Department of Pediatrics, Children's National Hospital, Washington DC.
Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
|November 2, 2020
Abstract:
We describe the presentation, diagnosis and management of a premature newborn with Actinomyces odontolyticus bacteremia; this is the first case report of neonatal sepsis secondary to this bacteria. Maternal dental infection was the likely source of the pathogen. The outcome was favorable, with good response to antimicrobial therapy with ampicillin/amoxicillin.

