title: Neonatal meningitis and sepsis by Chryseobacterium indologenes: a rare and resistant bacterium.
abstract: Early neonatal meningitis with non-fermenting Gram negative bacilli (NFGNB) is rare, and whenever it occurrs, inanimate environment is usually implicated as the source. The authors report a case of neonatal meningitis and sepsis with Chryseobacterium indologenes, a rare non fermenting Gram negative bacterium with unusual antimicrobial susceptibility. Despite resistance to all the beta lactams, carbapenems and aminoglycosides, therapy with ciprofloxacin led to a favorable outcome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal, Udupi, Karnataka, 576104, India, vandanake@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Vandana Kalwaje
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Eshwara
authors.forename: Arun
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sasi
authors.forename: Frenil
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Munim
authors.forename: Jayashree
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Purkayastha
authors.forename: Leslie Edward
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: Chiranjay
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mukhopadhyay
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D045247:Chryseobacterium / Q000187:drug effects; D002939:Ciprofloxacin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D005260:Female; D045826:Flavobacteriaceae Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012074:Remission Induction; D018805:Sepsis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002939:Ciprofloxacin