Nosocomial infections caused by Elizabethkingia meningoseptica: an emergent pathogen

Graziella H Pereira; Doroti de Oliveira Garcia; Cely Saad Abboud; Vera Lucia de Barros Barbosa; Paulo Sérgio Lucas da Silva

doi:10.1016/j.bjid.2013.02.011

Nosocomial infections caused by Elizabethkingia meningoseptica: an emergent pathogen

Braz J Infect Dis. 2013 Sep-Oct;17(5):606-9. doi: 10.1016/j.bjid.2013.02.011. Epub 2013 Sep 18.

Authors

Graziella H Pereira¹, Doroti de Oliveira Garcia, Cely Saad Abboud, Vera Lucia de Barros Barbosa, Paulo Sérgio Lucas da Silva

Affiliation

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases and Infection Control, Dante Pazzanese Institute, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Electronic address: ghpereira1@terra.com.br.

Abstract

We hereby describe the clinical and epidemiological features and, outcomes of nine patients with Elizabethkingia meningoseptica infections in two hospitals over a 2-year period. All infections caused by this pathogen were nosocomial, or healthcare associated infections, in hemodialysis settings whereas none was correlated with hospital outbreaks.

Keywords: Bloodstream infections; Elizabethkingia meningoseptica; Nosocomial infections.

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Brazil
Child, Preschool
Communicable Diseases, Emerging / epidemiology
Communicable Diseases, Emerging / microbiology*
Cross Infection / epidemiology
Cross Infection / microbiology*
Female
Flavobacteriaceae Infections / epidemiology
Flavobacteriaceae Infections / microbiology*
Humans
Infant
Male
Prevalence
Retrospective Studies