Abstract
Enterobacter sakazakii is a yellow-pigmented, motile, peritrichous, gram-negative bacillus that has been associated with sepsis, necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), meningitis, and brain abscesses in infants. Infants at greatest risk are those who are less than 28 days old (neonates), preterm, low-birth-weight, and immunocompromised. Here, we present a case of a 23-week gestational age neonate showing pneumatosis consistent with NEC on X-ray, whose blood cultures grew 2 morphotypes of E. sakazakii . The patient eventually stabilized with resolution of the pneumatosis without surgical intervention for NEC.
Full Text 
Sign-in/Register to access full text options
Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Paper version not known
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a call
