Elizabethkingia meningoseptica infection in a geriatric patient with other recurrent bacterial infections
Elizabethkingia meningoseptica is a Gram-negative bacillary bacterium known for its multidrug resistance, particularly to carbapenems. This resistance complicates treatment and results in a high mortality rate, especially in hospitalized patients, which can reach up to 52 %. In this case, the infect...
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| author | Luis Castañeda Pelaez Jesús Eduardo Rojas Jaimes Elsa Nuñez Infanzón Delza Tárraga Gonzales Sergio Ronceros Medrano |
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| description | Elizabethkingia meningoseptica is a Gram-negative bacillary bacterium known for its multidrug resistance, particularly to carbapenems. This resistance complicates treatment and results in a high mortality rate, especially in hospitalized patients, which can reach up to 52 %. In this case, the infection was observed in a 73-year-old immunocompetent patient with a chronic exacerbated subdural hemorrhage with midline deviation and tracheostomy, who was hospitalized and febrile, and the bacterium Elizabethkingia meningoseptica was isolated in bronchial secretion cultures. The patient responded favorably to treatment with sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim and other recurrent infections caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Ultimately, the immunocompetent patient improved and was discharged, able to ventilate independently. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c4129a34e35d47d4a35e2c13e104043e2025-08-20T03:50:22ZengElseviereNeurologicalSci2405-65022025-09-014010057610.1016/j.ensci.2025.100576Elizabethkingia meningoseptica infection in a geriatric patient with other recurrent bacterial infectionsLuis Castañeda Pelaez0Jesús Eduardo Rojas Jaimes1Elsa Nuñez Infanzón2Delza Tárraga Gonzales3Sergio Ronceros Medrano4School of Health Sciences, Universidad Privada del Norte, Lima, PeruSchool of Health Sciences, Universidad Privada del Norte, Lima, Peru; Corresponding author at: Av. El Sol 461, San Juan de Lurigancho, 15434, Peru.Microbiology Service, Hospital Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, Lima, PeruMicrobiology Service, Hospital Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, Lima, PeruSchool of Health Sciences, Universidad Privada del Norte, Lima, PeruElizabethkingia meningoseptica is a Gram-negative bacillary bacterium known for its multidrug resistance, particularly to carbapenems. This resistance complicates treatment and results in a high mortality rate, especially in hospitalized patients, which can reach up to 52 %. In this case, the infection was observed in a 73-year-old immunocompetent patient with a chronic exacerbated subdural hemorrhage with midline deviation and tracheostomy, who was hospitalized and febrile, and the bacterium Elizabethkingia meningoseptica was isolated in bronchial secretion cultures. The patient responded favorably to treatment with sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim and other recurrent infections caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Ultimately, the immunocompetent patient improved and was discharged, able to ventilate independently.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405650225000309InfectionNosocomialMultidrug-resistantGeriatricElizabethkingia meningoseptica |
| spellingShingle | Luis Castañeda Pelaez Jesús Eduardo Rojas Jaimes Elsa Nuñez Infanzón Delza Tárraga Gonzales Sergio Ronceros Medrano Elizabethkingia meningoseptica infection in a geriatric patient with other recurrent bacterial infections eNeurologicalSci Infection Nosocomial Multidrug-resistant Geriatric Elizabethkingia meningoseptica |
| title | Elizabethkingia meningoseptica infection in a geriatric patient with other recurrent bacterial infections |
| title_full | Elizabethkingia meningoseptica infection in a geriatric patient with other recurrent bacterial infections |
| title_fullStr | Elizabethkingia meningoseptica infection in a geriatric patient with other recurrent bacterial infections |
| title_full_unstemmed | Elizabethkingia meningoseptica infection in a geriatric patient with other recurrent bacterial infections |
| title_short | Elizabethkingia meningoseptica infection in a geriatric patient with other recurrent bacterial infections |
| title_sort | elizabethkingia meningoseptica infection in a geriatric patient with other recurrent bacterial infections |
| topic | Infection Nosocomial Multidrug-resistant Geriatric Elizabethkingia meningoseptica |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405650225000309 |
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