Rahnella aquatilis Sepsis in a Premature Newborn

Rahnella aquatilis is an infrequently isolated Gram-negative rod within the Enterobacteriaceae family. The organism’s natural habitat is water. The organism is rarely isolated from clinical specimens and it seldom causes infection in immunocompetent individuals. Here we present a one-month-old boy w...

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Published in:Case reports in pediatrics 2015-01, Vol.2015 (2015), p.1-3
Main Authors: Bakır, Mustafa, Bilgen, Hulya, Akman, Ipek, Coskun, Senay, Özdemir, Hülya, Soysal, Ahmet, Kuzdan, Canan, Ozek, Eren
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Birth weight
Blood platelets
Case Report
Catheters
Hospitals
Infections
Laboratories
Medical treatment
Patients
Respiratory distress syndrome
Sepsis
Ventilators
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Summary:Rahnella aquatilis is an infrequently isolated Gram-negative rod within the Enterobacteriaceae family. The organism’s natural habitat is water. The organism is rarely isolated from clinical specimens and it seldom causes infection in immunocompetent individuals. Here we present a one-month-old boy who was born prematurely at 27th week of gestation by cesarean section with a birth weight of 730 g. He developed sepsis caused by Rahnella aquatilis during the treatment for ventilator associated pneumonia due to Stenotrophomonas maltophilia with ciprofloxacin. He was successfully treated with a combination of amikacin plus meropenem. Although R. aquatilis is one of the saprophyticus organisms, it may cause life-threatening infection in newborn.
ISSN:2090-6803
2090-6811
DOI:10.1155/2015/860671