Postsurgical osteomyelitis caused by Enterobacter sakazakii in a healthy young man.
Enterobacter sakazakii, a Gram-negative rod-shaped bacterium, is a rare cause of invasive infections (meningitis, sepsis, necrotizing enterocolitis) with high death rates (40-80%), primarily in newborns. In contrast to the high number of cases in newborns, infants and children, there are only a few reported cases of E. sakazakii infections in adults, generally in subjects with pre-existing conditions such as neoplasms, and just one osteomyelitis of the foot. We report a confirmed case of postsurgical osteomyelitis of the femur caused by E. sakazakii in a young otherwise healthy man.
Corti
G
G
Infectious Disease Unit, University of Florence School of Medicine, Florence, Italy. giampaolo.corti@unifi.it
Panunzi
I
I
Losco
M
M
Buzzi
R
R
D000328:Adult; D044083:Cronobacter sakazakii / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005269:Femur; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000209:etiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*