Hospital-acquired pneumonia due to Leclercia adecarboxylata in a neurosurgical centre

• Main Authors: M R Prakash, R Ravikumar, N Patra, B Indiradevi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
• Series: Journal of Postgraduate Medicine
• Subjects: Emerging pathogen; enterobacteriaceae; Leclercia adecarboxylata; nosocomial infection; polymicrobial infection
• Online Access: http://www.jpgmonline.com/article.asp?issn=0022-3859;year=2015;volume=61;issue=2;spage=123;epage=125;aulast=Prakash

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.