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Case Reports
. 2020 Jan 21:2020:7403152.
doi: 10.1155/2020/7403152. eCollection 2020.

Catheter-Related ESBL-Producing Leclercia adecarboxylata Septicemia in Hemodialysis Patient: An Emerging Pathogen?

Roaa Sultan Alosaimi  1 , Mai Muhmmed Kaaki  2
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Case Reports

Catheter-Related ESBL-Producing Leclercia adecarboxylata Septicemia in Hemodialysis Patient: An Emerging Pathogen?

Roaa Sultan Alosaimi et al. Case Rep Infect Dis. .

Abstract

We report a multidrug-resistant strain of Leclercia adecarboxylata which was responsible for a catheter-related bacteremia, in a 50-year-old female with an end-stage renal disease on hemodialysis. The isolated strain was an extended beta-lactamase producer. Based on a literature review of L. adecarboxylata, there have been only two reports of extended beta-lactamase producer strains. To our knowledge, this is the first case reported in Saudi Arabia.

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