Nosocomial infections caused by Elizabethkingia meningoseptica: an emergent pathogen.
We hereby describe the clinical and epidemiological features and, outcomes of nine patients with Elizabethkingia meningoseptica infections in two hospitals over a 2-year period. All infections caused by this pathogen were nosocomial, or healthcare associated infections, in hemodialysis settings whereas none was correlated with hospital outbreaks.
Department of Infectious Diseases and Infection Control, Dante Pazzanese Institute, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Electronic address: ghpereira1@terra.com.br.
Graziella H
GH
Pereira
Doroti de Oliveira
Dde O
Garcia
Cely Saad
CS
Abboud
Vera Lucia de Barros
VL
Barbosa
Paulo Sérgio Lucas da
PS
Silva
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001938:Brazil; D002675:Child, Preschool; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D045826:Flavobacteriaceae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies
Bloodstream infections; Elizabethkingia meningoseptica; Nosocomial infections