title: Early Onset Neonatal Septicaemia Caused by Pantoea agglomerans.
abstract: Pantoea agglomerans is an opportunistic pathogen causing infection in the immunocompromised patients. It is a plant pathogen and a rare human pathogen causing neonatal sepsis, joint infection, urinary tract infection and bloodstream infections. Neonatal Gram negative septicaemia may have an unusual presentation of subtle generalised neonatal seizures without any other cardinal features of sepsis. An appropriate diagnosis is therefore the key to proper management. P. agglomerans being an unusual cause of neonatal sepsis should be diagnosed early with proper antibiogram for clinical cure. Here, we report a case of neonatal sepsis caused by P. agglomerans in a tertiary care hospital in Eastern India.
authors.affiliation: Senior Resident, Department of Microbiology, ESI-PGIMSR, ESIC Medical College and ESIC Hospital and ODC (EZ) , Joka, Kolkata, India .
authors.forename: Mallika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sengupta
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, ESI-PGIMSR, ESIC Medical College and ESIC Hospital and ODC (EZ) , Joka, Kolkata, India .
authors.forename: Sayantan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Banerjee
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Paediatrics, ESI-PGIMSR, ESIC Medical College and ESIC Hospital and ODC (EZ) , Joka, Kolkata, India .
authors.forename: Niloy Kumar
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Das
authors.affiliation: Senior Resident, Department of Microbiology, ESI-PGIMSR, ESIC Medical College and ESIC Hospital and ODC (EZ) , Joka, Kolkata, India .
authors.forename: Partha
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Guchhait
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics, ESI-PGIMSR, ESIC Medical College and ESIC Hospital and ODC (EZ) , Joka, Kolkata, India .
authors.forename: Saheli
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Misra
keywords: C-reactive protein; Neonatal seizure; Thrombocytopenia