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| Year : 2018 | Volume
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First case report of surgical site infection due to Buttiauxella agrestis in a neurocare center in India
Nivedita Patra1, Mridula Raj Prakash1, Shripad Patil1, Malla Bhaskar Rao2
1 Department of Neuromicrobiology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
2 Department of Neurosurgery, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Nivedita Patra
Department of Neuromicrobiology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore - 560 029, Karnataka
India
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DOI: 10.4103/amhs.amhs_24_18
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Buttiauxella agrestis, a member of the Enterobacteriaceae family, is usually isolated from soil, water, fish, mollusks, and rarely associated with human infections. Here, we report a rare case of postcraniotomy surgical site infection by B. agrestis in a neurosurgical center which was easily controlled by antibiotic. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case report from India implicating B. agrestis as a cause of human infection. The infection along with microbiological characteristics and clinical significance of the organism is described.
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