Early‐onset Edwardsiella tarda septicemia in an extremely preterm infant

Edwardsiella tarda Causing Fishbone Injury Cellulitis Leading to Sepsis in a Case of Hematological Malignancy—A Rare Report and Review of Literature

“…There was one report of soft-tissue infection and sepsis following a catfish bite and one case of deep leg abscess following trauma by the barb of freshwater fish from the United States and one report of bacteremia during chemotherapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia from Japan ( Table 1 ). 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 So, to the best of our knowledge, the present case is a rare report of E. tarda sepsis following fishbone injury cellulitis in an individual with underlying hematological malignancy.…”

“…Clinical details of all published kinds of literature are compiled in Table 1 . 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 As per the review, E. tarda was found to be the cause of various infections such as sepsis, cholangitis, endocarditis, deep abscess, myonecrosis, osteomyelitis, and pelvic inflammatory disease. Out of these, nine were isolated solely from blood, seven from pus/ tissue fluids along with blood, five solely from pus/tissue/fluids, and three from stool.…”

Neonatal sepsis with meningitis, ventriculitis and brain abscess caused byEdwardsiella tarda

“…Egashira et al 8 also reported CNS changes in a premature infant diagnosed with E. tarda sepsis with a negative CSF culture. The infant was born at 27 weeks; cultures from the umbilical cord venous blood, amniotic fluid, nasal cavity and maternal blood grew E. tarda .…”

“…CSF culture was negative although it is important to note that it was obtained 2 weeks after the initiation of antibiotics. No hydrocephalus, hearing loss or cerebral palsy was noted by discharge at 3 months old although further follow-up was not performed 8…”

“…The few existing paediatric cases in the literature report diarrhoea in older infants5 but also serious invasive infections in neonates with multiple reports of sepsis, some with fatal outcomes 6–9. Interestingly, there appears to be a predilection for central nervous system (CNS) invasion in neonates with cases of meningitis and brain abscesses 10–12.…”