Pseudomonas mendocina: An Unusual Bug in a Neonatologist’s Pandora’s Box

Jayanth Nair, Rahul Kadam, Praveen Shahapur, Laxman Bidari

Abstract

Sepsis is a common morbidity in neonates, and the usual causative organisms are Gram-negative organisms such as Klebsiella species and Escherichia coli. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen and is one of the common causes of hospital-acquired infections. The non-aeruginosa species of Pseudomonas are hardly found in clinical isolates. Pseudomonas mendocina is usually found in soil and water.

Here, we report a series of 5 cases of neonatal sepsis caused by the unusual organism, P mendocina.