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Bacteremia due to Acinetobacter ursingii in infants: Reports of two cases

Acinetobacter ursingii is an aerobic, gram-negative, opportunistic microorganism which is rarely isolated among Acinetobacter species. We present two immunocompetent infants who developed bacteremia due to A. ursingii. The first patient is a two -month- old boy who had been hospitalized in pediatric...

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Autores principales: Yakut, Nurhayat, Kepenekli, Eda Kadayifci, Karaaslan, Ayse, Atici, Serkan, Akkoc, Gulsen, Demir, Sevliya Ocal, Soysal, Ahmet, Bakir, Mustafa
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Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4907768/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27347282
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2016.23.193.8545
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author Yakut, Nurhayat
Kepenekli, Eda Kadayifci
Karaaslan, Ayse
Atici, Serkan
Akkoc, Gulsen
Demir, Sevliya Ocal
Soysal, Ahmet
Bakir, Mustafa
author_facet Yakut, Nurhayat
Kepenekli, Eda Kadayifci
Karaaslan, Ayse
Atici, Serkan
Akkoc, Gulsen
Demir, Sevliya Ocal
Soysal, Ahmet
Bakir, Mustafa
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description Acinetobacter ursingii is an aerobic, gram-negative, opportunistic microorganism which is rarely isolated among Acinetobacter species. We present two immunocompetent infants who developed bacteremia due to A. ursingii. The first patient is a two -month- old boy who had been hospitalized in pediatric surgery unit for suspected tracheo-esophageal fistula because of recurrent aspiration pneumonia unresponsive to antibiotic therapy. The second patient is a fourteen -month- old boy with prolonged vomiting and diarrhea. A. ursingii was isolated from their blood cultures. They were successfully treated with ampicillin-sulbactam. Although A. ursingii has recently been isolated from a clinical specimen; reports of infection with A. ursingii in children are rare. A. ursingii should be kept in mind as an opportunistic microorganism in children.
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spelling pubmed-49077682016-06-24 Bacteremia due to Acinetobacter ursingii in infants: Reports of two cases Yakut, Nurhayat Kepenekli, Eda Kadayifci Karaaslan, Ayse Atici, Serkan Akkoc, Gulsen Demir, Sevliya Ocal Soysal, Ahmet Bakir, Mustafa Pan Afr Med J Case Report Acinetobacter ursingii is an aerobic, gram-negative, opportunistic microorganism which is rarely isolated among Acinetobacter species. We present two immunocompetent infants who developed bacteremia due to A. ursingii. The first patient is a two -month- old boy who had been hospitalized in pediatric surgery unit for suspected tracheo-esophageal fistula because of recurrent aspiration pneumonia unresponsive to antibiotic therapy. The second patient is a fourteen -month- old boy with prolonged vomiting and diarrhea. A. ursingii was isolated from their blood cultures. They were successfully treated with ampicillin-sulbactam. Although A. ursingii has recently been isolated from a clinical specimen; reports of infection with A. ursingii in children are rare. A. ursingii should be kept in mind as an opportunistic microorganism in children. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2016-04-15 /pmc/articles/PMC4907768/ /pubmed/27347282 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2016.23.193.8545 Text en © Nurhayat Yakut et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Yakut, Nurhayat
Kepenekli, Eda Kadayifci
Karaaslan, Ayse
Atici, Serkan
Akkoc, Gulsen
Demir, Sevliya Ocal
Soysal, Ahmet
Bakir, Mustafa
Bacteremia due to Acinetobacter ursingii in infants: Reports of two cases
title Bacteremia due to Acinetobacter ursingii in infants: Reports of two cases
title_full Bacteremia due to Acinetobacter ursingii in infants: Reports of two cases
title_fullStr Bacteremia due to Acinetobacter ursingii in infants: Reports of two cases
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title_short Bacteremia due to Acinetobacter ursingii in infants: Reports of two cases
title_sort bacteremia due to acinetobacter ursingii in infants: reports of two cases
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4907768/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27347282
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2016.23.193.8545
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