title: Neonatal Meningitis by Multidrug Resistant Elizabethkingia meningosepticum Identified by 16S Ribosomal RNA Gene Sequencing.
abstract: Clinical and microbiological profile of 9 neonates with meningitis by Elizabethkingia meningosepticum identified by 16S ribosomal gene sequencing was studied. All the clinical isolates were resistant to cephalosporins, aminoglycosides, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, β -lactam combinations, carbapenems and only one isolate was susceptible to ciprofloxacin. All the isolates were susceptible to vancomycin. Six of nine neonates died even after using vancomycin, based on susceptibility results. E. meningosepticum meningitis in neonates results in high mortality rate. Though the organism is susceptible to vancomycin in vitro, its efficacy in vivo is questionable and it is difficult to determine the most appropriate antibiotic for treating E. meningosepticum meningitis in neonates.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Niloufer Hospital for Women and Children, Hyderabad 500004, India.
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Shailaja
authors.affiliation: GHR Micro Diagnostics, Hyderabad 500082, India.
authors.forename: Ashok Kumar
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Reddy
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Niloufer Hospital for Women and Children, Hyderabad 500004, India.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alimelu
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Niloufer Hospital for Women and Children, Hyderabad 500004, India.
authors.forename: L N R
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Sadanand