Leclercia adecarboxylata Infection in Protein Energy Malnutrition (PEM) Patient: A Case Report

Vijayshri Deotale, Yogendra Shelke, Deepashri Maraskolhe, Ruchita Attal

Abstract: Normal conmmensal commonly leads to complications in immunocopramised patients which leads to increased mortality and morbidty. Laclercia adecarboxylata is an unusual emerging pathogen in healthy and imunocompranised patients. Here, we report a first case report of Leclercia adecarboxylata in a pediatric patient with a lower respiratory tract infection associated with PEM grade III.

Keywords: Leclercia adecarboxylata, immunocompramised paediatric infection