Ralstonia picketti neonatal sepsis: a case report
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- 作者：Deepak Sharma ; Pradeep Sharma ; Priyanka Soni ; Basudev Gupta
- 关键词：Ralstonia picketti ; Neonate ; Sepsis
- 刊名：BMC Research Notes
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：December 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：10
- 期：1
- 全文大小：908KB
- 刊物主题：Biomedicine, general; Medicine/Public Health, general; Life Sciences, general;
- 出版者：BioMed Central
- ISSN：1756-0500
- 卷排序：10
文摘
BackgroundRalstonia genus are gram negative bacillus and includes four bacteria namely Ralstonia picketti, Ralstonia Solanacearum, Ralstonia insidiosa and Ralstonia mannitolilytica. These are opportunistic pathogens and cause infections in immunocompromised host. The sources of infection are usually contaminated solutions and water. The majority of the reported cases are caused by R. picketti. It is very rare cause of neonatal sepsis with less than twenty cases reported in literature till date.