Enterobacter hormaechei bloodstream infection at three neonatal intensive care units in Brazil.
Enterobacter hormaechei was defined as a unique species in 1989. We describe six case patients of E. hormaechei bloodstream infection in three neonatal intensive care units in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. E. hormaechei identification was performed on the Vitek system and confirmed by conventional testing. Strain relatedness was evaluated by pulsed field gel electrophoresis. All children recovered completely. Chart review for previous procedures revealed parenteral nutrition as the only common procedure.
da Silva
Carmem Lúcia Pessoa
CL
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Miranda
Luis Eduardo Vaz
LE
Moreira
Beatriz Meurer
BM
Rebello
Doris
D
Carson
Loretta A
LA
Kellum
Molly E
ME
de Almeida
Maria Christina Lins
MC
Sampaio
Jorge Luiz Mello
JL
O'Hara
Caroline Mohr
CM
D001938:Brazil; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D004754:Enterobacter / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D008297:Male; D010288:Parenteral Nutrition / Q000009:adverse effects; D018805:Sepsis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology