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Age and Ageing Advance Access published online on July 23, 2007
Age and Ageing, doi:10.1093/ageing/afm092
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Copyright © The Author 2007. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Geriatrics Society.

Case Report

Enterobacter sakazakii bacteraemia with multiple splenic abscesses in a 75-year-old woman: a case report

K. C. See, H. A. Than and T. Tang

Department of Geriatric Medicine, Alexandra Hospital, Singapore

Address correspondence to: T. Tang. Tel: 65-3793448. Email: Terence_TANG{at}alexhosp.com.sg

Abstract

Enterobacter sakazakii is an uncommon bacterium that is known to cause severe neonatal infection and is rare among adults. We present a peculiar case of E. sakazakii bacteraemia with multiple splenic abscesses in a 75-year-old institutionalised woman, who was successfully treated with 6 weeks of imipenem and percutaneous drainage of the abscesses.

Keywords: Enterobacter sakazakii bacteraemia, multiple splenic abscess, elderly

Received 13 October 2006; accepted in revised form 10 May 2007.


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