title: Rahnella aquatilis Sepsis in a Premature Newborn.
abstract: Rahnella aquatilis is an infrequently isolated Gram-negative rod within the Enterobacteriaceae family. The organism's natural habitat is water. The organism is rarely isolated from clinical specimens and it seldom causes infection in immunocompetent individuals. Here we present a one-month-old boy who was born prematurely at 27th week of gestation by cesarean section with a birth weight of 730 g. He developed sepsis caused by Rahnella aquatilis during the treatment for ventilator associated pneumonia due to Stenotrophomonas maltophilia with ciprofloxacin. He was successfully treated with a combination of amikacin plus meropenem. Although R. aquatilis is one of the saprophyticus organisms, it may cause life-threatening infection in newborn.
authors.affiliation: Istanbul Mehmet Akif Ersoy Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Canan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kuzdan
authors.affiliation: Marmara University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Soysal
authors.affiliation: Marmara University School of Medicine, Department of Neonatology, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hülya
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Özdemir
authors.affiliation: Marmara University School of Medicine, Department of Neonatology, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Şenay
authors.initials: Ş
authors.lastname: Coşkun
authors.affiliation: Marmara University School of Medicine, Department of Neonatology, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: İpek
authors.initials: İ
authors.lastname: Akman
authors.affiliation: Marmara University School of Medicine, Department of Neonatology, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hülya
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bilgen
authors.affiliation: Marmara University School of Medicine, Department of Neonatology, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Eren
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Özek
authors.affiliation: Marmara University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bakır