Neonatal meningitis caused by Elizabethkingia meningoseptica in Saudi Arabia
Elizabethkingia meningoseptica is a multi-drug resistant organism that can cause meningitis in premature neonates. We report a case of Elizabethkingia meningoseptica meningitis that was detected early in an extremely premature low birth weight infant. He was successfully treated with a combination...
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The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
2011-10-01
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| author | Malaka Z Amer Manzour Bandey Abdalla Bukhari Dalal Nemenqani |
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Elizabethkingia meningoseptica is a multi-drug resistant organism that can cause meningitis in premature neonates. We report a case of Elizabethkingia meningoseptica meningitis that was detected early in an extremely premature low birth weight infant. He was successfully treated with a combination of ciprofloxacin and piperacillin-tazobactam. The spread of infection was controlled with no other reported cases.
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| spelling | doaj-art-99a3bd126b1f47a2bbb38f73d0628ae02025-08-20T02:57:53ZengThe Journal of Infection in Developing CountriesJournal of Infection in Developing Countries1972-26802011-10-0151010.3855/jidc.1570Neonatal meningitis caused by Elizabethkingia meningoseptica in Saudi ArabiaMalaka Z Amer0Manzour Bandey1Abdalla Bukhari2Dalal Nemenqani3Laboratory Department, King Abdul Aziz Specialist Hospital, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaLaboratory Department, King Abdul Aziz Specialist Hospital, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaNeonatology Departments, King Abdul Aziz Specialist Hospital, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaLaboratory Department, King Abdul Aziz Specialist Hospital, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Elizabethkingia meningoseptica is a multi-drug resistant organism that can cause meningitis in premature neonates. We report a case of Elizabethkingia meningoseptica meningitis that was detected early in an extremely premature low birth weight infant. He was successfully treated with a combination of ciprofloxacin and piperacillin-tazobactam. The spread of infection was controlled with no other reported cases. https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/1570Elizabethkingia meningosepticameningitispremature neonates |
| spellingShingle | Malaka Z Amer Manzour Bandey Abdalla Bukhari Dalal Nemenqani Neonatal meningitis caused by Elizabethkingia meningoseptica in Saudi Arabia Journal of Infection in Developing Countries Elizabethkingia meningoseptica meningitis premature neonates |
| title | Neonatal meningitis caused by Elizabethkingia meningoseptica in Saudi Arabia |
| title_full | Neonatal meningitis caused by Elizabethkingia meningoseptica in Saudi Arabia |
| title_fullStr | Neonatal meningitis caused by Elizabethkingia meningoseptica in Saudi Arabia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Neonatal meningitis caused by Elizabethkingia meningoseptica in Saudi Arabia |
| title_short | Neonatal meningitis caused by Elizabethkingia meningoseptica in Saudi Arabia |
| title_sort | neonatal meningitis caused by elizabethkingia meningoseptica in saudi arabia |
| topic | Elizabethkingia meningoseptica meningitis premature neonates |
| url | https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/1570 |
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