Author(s)

Brittany L. Hu, Julie-Ann M. Crewalk, David P. Ascher

Department of Pediatrics, Inova Health System Hospital for Children, Fairfax, USA.
Pediatric Infectious Disease Group, Inova Health System Hospital for Children, Fairfax, USA.
University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, USA.

Eikenella corrodens is a part of normal human oral flora and a rare cause of intrauterine and neonatal infections. We describe a case of congenital E. corrodens sepsis with positive blood cultures at birth in the setting of low maternal risk factors for infection. Our case is one of two reported cases of congenital E. corrodens sepsis resulting in newborn survival.

Neonatal Sepsis; Intrauterine Infection; Chorioamnionitis

Hu, B. , Crewalk, J. and Ascher, D. (2012) Congenital sepsis caused by Eikenella corrodens. Open Journal of Pediatrics, 2, 175-177. doi: 10.4236/ojped.2012.22029.