Enterobacter sakazakii bacteraemia with multiple splenic abscesses in a 75-year-old woman: a case report
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Enterobacter sakazakii bacteraemia with multiple splenic abscesses in a 75-year-old woman: a case report.
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.
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عنوان ژورنال: Age and Ageing
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0002-0729,1468-2834
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afn006