Leclercia adecarboxylata, a rare cause of soft  tissue infections in immunocompromised patients,  case report and review of the literatura

Botero-García, Carlos A. ^[1] ; Gómez, Carlos H. ^[2] ; Bravo, Juan S. ^[2] ; Pescador Vargas, Luz Angela ^[2]
1. [1] Universidad Militar Nueva Granada
  
  Universidad Militar Nueva Granada
  
  Colombia
2. [2] Hospital Militar Central
  
  Hospital Militar Central
  
  Colombia
Localización: Infectio: Revista de la Asociación Colombiana de Infectología, ISSN-e 2422-3794, ISSN 0123-9392, Vol. 22, Nº. 4, 2018
Idioma: español
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- Leclercia adecarboxylata is a member of the Enterobacteriaceae family that has been isolated from several environmental and animal specimens, however it rarely causes diseases in human beings. It has natural resistance to several antibiotics, and has shown the ability to harbor and produce enzymes capable of hydrolyzing most of the antibiotics used in daily clinical practice, making its treatment a challenge when a strain with such characteristics causes disease. Here we report the first known case of infection by Leclercia adecarboxylata after a trauma with plant material, in a 69-year-old male patient, with poorly controlled Diabetes Mellitus type 2.