Literature DB >> 23285454

Case series: elizabethkingia meningosepticum.

Meena Dias1, Anisha Fernandes, Zevita Furtado.   

Abstract

Elizabethkingia meningosepticum is a saprophyte which exists in hospital water systems and it can be a potential source for nosocomial infections. Though the infection with these bacteria is rare, one should be aware that it is resistant to most of the antibiotics and that it has the ability to cause nosocomial infections. We are reporting here, a series of cases which were caused by E. meningosepticum.

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Keywords:  Elizabethkingia meningosepticum; Meningitis; Nosocomial infection; Septicaemia

Year:  2012        PMID: 23285454      PMCID: PMC3527794          DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2012/4076.2557

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  J Clin Diagn Res        ISSN: 0973-709X


  6 in total

1.  An outbreak of Elizabethkingia meningoseptica neonatal meningitis in Mauritius.

Authors:  Mohammad I Issack; Yaseen Neetoo
Journal:  J Infect Dev Ctries       Date:  2011-12-13       Impact factor: 0.968

2.  Flavobacterium meningosepticum infection in a neonatal ward.

Authors:  B Bruun; E T Jensen; K Lundstrøm; G E Andersen
Journal:  Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis       Date:  1989-06       Impact factor: 3.267

3.  Neonatal meningitis caused by Elizabethkingia meningoseptica in Saudi Arabia.

Authors:  Malaka Z Amer; Manzour Bandey; Abdalla Bukhari; Dalal Nemenqani
Journal:  J Infect Dev Ctries       Date:  2011-10-13       Impact factor: 0.968

4.  Transfer of Chryseobacterium meningosepticum and Chryseobacterium miricola to Elizabethkingia gen. nov. as Elizabethkingia meningoseptica comb. nov. and Elizabethkingia miricola comb. nov.

Authors:  Kwang Kyu Kim; Myung Kyum Kim; Ju Hyoung Lim; Hye Yoon Park; Sung-Taik Lee
Journal:  Int J Syst Evol Microbiol       Date:  2005-05       Impact factor: 2.747

5.  A Chryseobacterium meningosepticum outbreak in a neonatal ward.

Authors:  Serdal Güngör; Metehan Ozen; Aysehan Akinci; Riza Durmaz
Journal:  Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol       Date:  2003-08       Impact factor: 3.254

6.  Elizabethkingia meningosepticum (Chryseobacterium meningosepticum) Infections in Children.

Authors:  Mehmet Ceyhan; Melda Celik
Journal:  Int J Pediatr       Date:  2011-10-20
  6 in total
  4 in total

1.  First report of bacteremia caused by Elizabethkingia meningoseptica in a dog.

Authors:  João Bordelo; Carlos Viegas; Catarina Coelho; Patrícia Poeta
Journal:  Can Vet J       Date:  2016-09       Impact factor: 1.008

2.  Elizabethkingia meningoseptica: emerging multidrug resistance in a nosocomial pathogen.

Authors:  Sairam Raghavan; Biji Thomas; B A Shastry
Journal:  BMJ Case Rep       Date:  2017-10-10

3.  Melanotic pathology and vertical transmission of the gut commensal Elizabethkingia meningoseptica in the major malaria vector Anopheles gambiae.

Authors:  Idir G Akhouayri; Tibebu Habtewold; Georges K Christophides
Journal:  PLoS One       Date:  2013-10-01       Impact factor: 3.240

4.  Elizabethkingia meningosepticum in a Patient with Six-Year Bilateral Perma-Catheters.

Authors:  Konstantin Boroda; Li Li
Journal:  Case Rep Infect Dis       Date:  2014-08-05
  4 in total

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