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| Year : 2015 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 123-125 |
Hospital-acquired pneumonia due to Leclercia adecarboxylata in a neurosurgical centre
MR Prakash1, R Ravikumar1, N Patra1, B Indiradevi2
1 Department of Neuromicrobiology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, Karnataka, India
2 Department of Neurosurgery, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Correspondence Address:
R Ravikumar
Department of Neuromicrobiology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, Karnataka
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0022-3859.153108
Leclercia adecarboxylata , a gram-negative bacillus of the Enterobacteriaceae family, is an uncommonly identified human pathogen. The organism has been reported worldwide and isolated from various environmental sources. Most human infections are polymicrobial and commonly occur in immunocompromised hosts, although nosocomial infections in immunocompetent hosts have been documented. We describe three case reports of L. adecarboxylata isolation from cases of hospital acquired pneumonia admitted to a tertiary care center for neurosurgical care.
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