Elizabethkingia Meningoseptica: A Rare Pathogen Causing Community Acquired Septicemia in a Neonate.

Neha Shah; S. Basireddy; Vasanti Kabra

Volume : IV, Issue : VIII, August - 2014

Elizabethkingia Meningoseptica: A Rare Pathogen Causing Community Acquired Septicemia in a Neonate.

Neha Shah, S. Basireddy, Vasanti Kabra

Abstract :

We report a rare case of community acquired septicemia in neonate caused by Elizabethkingia meningoseptica (E. meningoseptica). A 26 days old premature male neonate weighing 1.9 kg presented with the history of high grade fever and refusal for feeds for 4 days. The patient was admitted and the blood sample and cereospinal fluid (CSF) was sent for culture. Patient was put up on ceftriaxone and amikacin. There was no response to the treatment. Sepsis screen was positive and blood culture flashed positive and the organism identified as E. meningoseptica based on various morphological features and biochemical tests. CSF was sterile. Antibiotic susceptibility testing was done. Combination therapy with piperacillin–tazobactam along with vancomycin was started and continued for 14 days. Patient responded and the subsequent blood culture was sterile.