Enterobacter sakazakii bacteraemia with multiple splenic abscesses in a 75-year-old woman: A case report

Abstract

Enterobacter sakazakii is an uncommon bacterium that is known to cause severe neonatal infection and is rare among adults. We present a peculiar case of E. sakazakii bacteraemia with multiple splenic abscesses in a 75-year-old institutionalised woman, who was successfully treated with 6 weeks of imipenem and percutaneous drainage of the abscesses. © The Author 2007. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Geriatrics Society. All rights reserved.