Shea Butter Application to the Umbilical Stump Resulting in Omphalitis and Leclercia adecarboxylata Bacteremia in a Neonate: A Case Report
Mayowa Banke Omotosho, Williams Oluwatosin Adefila, Abdulsalam Olawale Yusuf, Isaac Osei, Baleng Mahama Wutor, Momodu Lamin Keita, Molfa Minteh, Ousman Barjo, Muhammed Wally, Rasheed Salaudeen, Grant Mackenzie, Priya Gusain · 2025
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Mayowa Omotosho and co-authors report a newborn infection traced to a home remedy in a 2025 case study. In many communities, families rub shea butter on a baby's umbilical stump to help it heal, a custom that can instead seed dangerous germs.
The patient, a ten-day-old boy, arrived irritable, refusing the breast, with a red and tender stump. Blood culture grew Leclercia adecarboxylata, a normally mild environmental bacterium that can turn deadly in the vulnerable. The strain answered to standard antibiotics, and the baby was treated under national newborn guidelines. The authors use the case to warn that cord care customs belong in newborn health teaching, since one application can end in blood poisoning.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Mayowa Banke Omotosho, Williams Oluwatosin Adefila, Abdulsalam Olawale Yusuf, Isaac Osei, Baleng Mahama Wutor, Momodu Lamin Keita, Molfa Minteh, Ousman Barjo, Muhammed Wally, Rasheed Salaudeen, Grant Mackenzie, Priya Gusain |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 15 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |