Enterobacter sakazakii bacteraemia with multiple splenic abscesses in a 75-year-old woman: a case report

K C See; H A Than; T Tang

doi:10.1093/ageing/afm092

Enterobacter sakazakii bacteraemia with multiple splenic abscesses in a 75-year-old woman: a case report

Age Ageing. 2007 Sep;36(5):595-6. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afm092. Epub 2007 Jul 23.

Authors

K C See¹, H A Than, T Tang

Affiliation

¹ Department of Geriatric Medicine, Alexandra Hospital, Singapore.

PMID: 17646217
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afm092

Abstract

Enterobacter sakazakii is an uncommon bacterium that is known to cause severe neonatal infection and is rare among adults. We present a peculiar case of E. sakazakii bacteraemia with multiple splenic abscesses in a 75-year-old institutionalised woman, who was successfully treated with 6 weeks of imipenem and percutaneous drainage of the abscesses.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abscess / complications*
Abscess / diagnostic imaging
Abscess / drug therapy
Aged
Bacteremia / complications*
Bacteremia / drug therapy
Cronobacter sakazakii / drug effects
Cronobacter sakazakii / isolation & purification*
Enterobacteriaceae Infections / complications*
Enterobacteriaceae Infections / drug therapy
Enterobacteriaceae Infections / microbiology
Female
Humans
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Splenic Diseases / complications*
Splenic Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Splenic Diseases / drug therapy
Tomography, X-Ray Computed