Elizabethkingia meningoseptica Bacteremia and Meningitis: A Case Report

Elizabethkingia meningoseptica (Chryseobacterium meningosepticum) is a gram-negative aerobic organism with yellow pigments. Although extremely rare, human infections associated with this organism have been reported. Elizabethkingia meningoseptica is usually resistant to most antibiotics. Herein, we...

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Autores principales: Waleed, Madeeha Subhan, Amba, Vineeth, Varughese, Ashok Abraham, Pathalapati, Radhika
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8644112/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34881128
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.19275
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author Waleed, Madeeha Subhan
Amba, Vineeth
Varughese, Ashok Abraham
Pathalapati, Radhika
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description Elizabethkingia meningoseptica (Chryseobacterium meningosepticum) is a gram-negative aerobic organism with yellow pigments. Although extremely rare, human infections associated with this organism have been reported. Elizabethkingia meningoseptica is usually resistant to most antibiotics. Herein, we present a case of a 70-year-old woman suffering from Elizabethkingia meningoseptica bacteremia and meningitis. Early diagnosis and treatment are vital for an improved patient outcome. Physicians and microbiologists should be equipped with adequate knowledge regarding this infection and its treatment.
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spelling pubmed-86441122021-12-07 Elizabethkingia meningoseptica Bacteremia and Meningitis: A Case Report Waleed, Madeeha Subhan Amba, Vineeth Varughese, Ashok Abraham Pathalapati, Radhika Cureus Internal Medicine Elizabethkingia meningoseptica (Chryseobacterium meningosepticum) is a gram-negative aerobic organism with yellow pigments. Although extremely rare, human infections associated with this organism have been reported. Elizabethkingia meningoseptica is usually resistant to most antibiotics. Herein, we present a case of a 70-year-old woman suffering from Elizabethkingia meningoseptica bacteremia and meningitis. Early diagnosis and treatment are vital for an improved patient outcome. Physicians and microbiologists should be equipped with adequate knowledge regarding this infection and its treatment. Cureus 2021-11-05 /pmc/articles/PMC8644112/ /pubmed/34881128 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.19275 Text en Copyright © 2021, Waleed et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Waleed, Madeeha Subhan
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Elizabethkingia meningoseptica Bacteremia and Meningitis: A Case Report
title Elizabethkingia meningoseptica Bacteremia and Meningitis: A Case Report
title_full Elizabethkingia meningoseptica Bacteremia and Meningitis: A Case Report
title_fullStr Elizabethkingia meningoseptica Bacteremia and Meningitis: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Elizabethkingia meningoseptica Bacteremia and Meningitis: A Case Report
title_short Elizabethkingia meningoseptica Bacteremia and Meningitis: A Case Report
title_sort elizabethkingia meningoseptica bacteremia and meningitis: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8644112/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34881128
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.19275
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