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Case Reports
. 2023 Jan 11;11(1):e6837.
doi: 10.1002/ccr3.6837. eCollection 2023 Jan.

Early-onset neonatal sepsis due to Streptococcus salivarius: A case report

Sakviseth Bin  1 , Sethikar Im  1
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Case Reports

Early-onset neonatal sepsis due to Streptococcus salivarius: A case report

Sakviseth Bin et al. Clin Case Rep. .

Abstract

Streptococcus salivarius, the most predominant human oral microbiota, is rarely associated with neonatal sepsis. This report aims to describe a rare culture-proven case of early-onset sepsis in a 3-day-old boy with isolated high-grade fever. Streptococcus salivarius was isolated in two consecutive hemocultures and unexpectedly resistant to the conventional empirical antibiotics.

Keywords: Streptococcus salivarius; multi‐drug resistance; neonatal sepsis; newborn.

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