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Perinatal/Neonatal Case Presentation

Late-onset Leclercia adecarboxylata sepsis in a premature neonate

Journal of Perinatology volume 33, pages 740–742 (2013)Cite this article

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The epidemiology, etiology and outcome of neonatal sepsis are changing over time. While monitoring longitudinal trends in neonatal sepsis in our institution, we encountered a case of late-onset neonatal sepsis due to Leclercia adecarboxylata. A Gram-negative rod previously not encountered in the clinical setting, L. adecarboxylata has recently emerged as a human pathogen, primarily in immunosuppressed patients. This report describes the clinical and laboratory features of this case of late-onset L. adecarboxylata sepsis, and reviews significant features of infection associated with this emerging pathogen.

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This Study was supported in part by a grant from the NICHD, T32 HD007094.

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  1. Division of Perinatal Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine,

    M U Nelson, Y Maksimova, V Schulz, M J Bizzarro & P G Gallagher

  2. New Haven, CT, USA

    M U Nelson, Y Maksimova, V Schulz, M J Bizzarro & P G Gallagher

  3. Departments of Pathology and Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA

    P G Gallagher

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Nelson, M., Maksimova, Y., Schulz, V. et al. Late-onset Leclercia adecarboxylata sepsis in a premature neonate. J Perinatol 33, 740–742 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/jp.2013.34

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