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Ramaswamy, V.V., Gummadapu, S. and Suryanarayana, N. (2019) Nosocomial Pneumonia and Sepsis Caused by a Rare Organism C. lapagei in an Infant and a Review of Literature. BMJ Case Reports, 12, e229854.
https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2019-229854

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• TITLE: Cedecea lapagei in a Patient with Multiple Injuries: Report of a Rare Case

  AUTHORS: Xiaofan Xu, Kaiyue Chang, Dongxue Song, Guangtong Tian, Xiaohang Hu, Liqing Jiang, Bin Zhang, Qingli Bie, Shuhua Lu, Xiaozhe Li, Haixin Dong, Chengqiang Jin

  KEYWORDS: C. lapagei, Cedecea, Proteus vulgaris, Exudate

  JOURNAL NAME: Journal of Biosciences and Medicines, Vol.9 No.11, October 29, 2021

  ABSTRACT: Cedecea lapagei (C. lapagei) is an opportunistic pathogen in old patients with many comorbid diseases and the immunosuppressed. It is a gram-negative, facultative anaerobe bacterium of the Enterobacteriaceae family. We present a rare case of a patient with multiple injuries, C. lapagei was found from the exudate of the wound, what’s more, the Proteus vulgaris was also found in blood culture medium at the same time. According to the available literature, this is the first case of simultaneous infection of two bacteria including C. lapagei and Proteus vulgaris from the exudate of the traumatic wound.