title: Fatal sepsis due to Pseudomonas cepacia.
abstract: Pseudomonas cepacia is known as an opportunistic pathogen in the patients with altered host defence. We report a case of hospital-acquired fatal sepsis due to P. cepacia in a child with no known defect in immune system. Virulence of the organism was indicated by the high magnitude of septicaemia. The organism was successfully eliminated by ceftriaxone but the patient died of renal failure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Bangladesh Institute of Child Health (BICH), Dhaka Shishu (children) Hospital, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Saha
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hanif
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rahaman
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Hoq
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sarwardi
mesh_terms: D016470:Bacteremia / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D016956:Burkholderia cepacia / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002648:Child; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D008297:Male; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology