Title:Case Series and Mini-Review on Elizabethkingia meningoseptica, A high
Alert Organism Causing Meningitis in Premature Neonates from A Tertiary
Care Hospital of Western Rajasthan
Volume: 21
Issue: 8
Author(s): Kumar S Abhishek, Sarika P. Kombade*, Neeraj Gupta, Vibhor Tak, Vijaya Lakshmi Nag, Kuldeep Singh and Nidhima Agarwal
Affiliation:
- Department of Microbiology, AIIMS, Basni phase 2, Jodhpur, Rajasthan,India
Keywords:
Elizabethkingia meningoseptica, neonatal meningitis, bacteraemia, NICU, pneumonia, ICUs.
Abstract: Background: Elizabethkingia meningoseptica is a ubiquitous organism rarely associated with human diseases,
but its association especially among hospitalized premature neonates and immunocompromised individuals are not so
common.
Case: We report two cases of neonatal bacteraemia and meningitis among low birth weight premature neonates admitted in
neonatal intensive care units (NICU) by E. meningoseptica, a high alert organism associated with such conditions.
Conclusions: E. meningoseptica, a high alert organism associated with meningitis among premature underweight neonates.
High degree of resistant to most of the broad-spectrum antibiotics makes its management a challenging task. A good
communication between the clinician and the microbiologist becomes very important for the proper management of the
patients.
