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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 14, Issue 1, Pages E73-E74Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.03.005
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Burkholderia tropica; Plant organism; Neonatal sepsis
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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. (C) 2009 International Society for Infectious Diseases. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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