title: A preterm infant with intractable metabolic acidosis: a devastating presentation of Chryseobacterium meningosepticum meningitis.
abstract: Sepsis-related mortality and morbidity are the leading issues that neonatal intensive care units struggle with worldwide. We report a preterm infant with septic shock and intractable metabolic acidosis whose postmortem microbiologic examination revealed Chryseobacterium meningosepticum meningitis. We would like to alert clinicians about this uncommon sepsis agent, and to call into question the treatment modalities for metabolic acidosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. ozgeonay79@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Nesibe
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Eroğlu-Ertuğrul
authors.forename: Özge
authors.initials: Ö
authors.lastname: Sürmeli-Onay
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yurdakök
mesh_terms: D000138:Acidosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D045247:Chryseobacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D045826:Flavobacteriaceae Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology