| Literature DB >> 19482535 |
Zakuan Zainy Deris1, Hans Van Rostenberghe, Hassan Habsah, Ramli Noraida, Gin Ceong Tan, Yean Yean Chan, Abdul Rahman Rosliza, Manicham Ravichandran.
Abstract
We report the first case of a human Burkholderia tropica infection. The patient was a premature neonate who had necrotizing enterocolitis with bowel perforation requiring surgical intervention. The stoma care and difficulties in feeding were a chronic problem. At the age of almost 4 months he developed septicemia due to B. tropica. Three consecutive blood cultures grew this organism. The organism was cleared from the blood after a course of imipenem and resolution of post-operative ileus. Our case suggests that environmental and plant pathogens can cause human infection especially in those in an immunocompromised condition. Copyright 2009 International Society for Infectious Diseases. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID： 19482535 DOI： 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.03.005
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Infect Dis ISSN： 1201-9712 Impact factor: 3.623