Hospital-acquired pneumonia due to Leclercia adecarboxylata in a neurosurgical centre

• Published in: Journal of postgraduate medicine Vol. 61; no. 2; pp. 123 - 125
• Main Authors: Prakash, M R, Ravikumar, R, Patra, N, Indiradevi, B
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: India Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd 01.04.2015; Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd; Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
• Subjects: Acids; Adult; Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use; Antibiotics; Care and treatment; Case Series; Cross infection; Cross Infection - drug therapy; Cross Infection - microbiology; Distribution; Drug resistance; Enterobacteriaceae - isolation & purification; Enterobacteriaceae Infections - diagnosis; Enterobacteriaceae Infections - drug therapy; Female; Fever; Gram-negative bacteria; Health aspects; Humans; Leukocytes; Male; Mortality; Nosocomial infections; Patient outcomes; Patients; Pneumonia; Pneumonia, Bacterial - diagnosis; Pneumonia, Bacterial - drug therapy; Pneumonia, Bacterial - microbiology; Tomography; Trachea - microbiology; Trauma; Treatment Outcome; Urine
• ISSN: 0022-3859; 0972-2823
• DOI: 10.4103/0022-3859.153108

Leclercia adecarboxylata, a gram-negative bacillus of the Enterobacteriaceae family, is an uncommonly identified human pathogen. The organism has been reported worldwide and isolated from various environmental sources. Most human infections are polymicrobial and commonly occur in immunocompromised hosts, although nosocomial infections in immunocompetent hosts have been documented. We describe three case reports of L. adecarboxylata isolation from cases of hospital acquired pneumonia admitted to a tertiary care center for neurosurgical care.