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Elizabethkingia meningoseptica : Emergent bacteria causing pneumonia in a critically ill child
Author(s) -
da Silva Paulo Sergio Lucas,
Pereira Graziella Hanna
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
pediatrics international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.49
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1442-200X
pISSN - 1328-8067
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-200x.2012.03650.x
Subject(s) - medicine , critically ill , pneumonia , intensive care medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Elizabethkingia meningoseptica is an unusual, highly resistant, gram‐ negative bacillus. While E. meningoseptica –associated meningitis outbreaks have been well‐documented in hospital neonatal wards and among immunocompromised adults, reports describing this microorganism in critically ill children are scarce. The purpose of this report was to describe a case of a 3 year‐old girl who developed pneumonia caused by E. meningoseptica in the setting of previous use of broad‐spectrum antibiotics and to review the pediatric literature regarding this pathogen.