DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2021.v09i06.014

Pages: 670-672

Enterobacter cloacae, a facultative anaerobic Gram-negative bacterium, is part of human enteric flora. However, it has gained clinical significance since it has been reported as a major culprit for bloodstream nosocomial infections during last few decades. Enterobacter cloacae can infect both immune-competent and immunocompromised patients. Unfortunately, this pathogen resistant to many antibiotics due to the possession of certain chromosomal enzymes. In the present case report, a premature infant suffered from Enterobacter cloacae sepsis, complicated by brain abscesses and tetraventricular hydrocephalus. The infant underwent surgical drainage of the abscesses with placement of an external bypass drain and was put on broad-spectrum antibiotics with good recovery later one.