title: Infections due to Elizabethkingia meningoseptica in critically injured trauma patients: a seven-year study.
abstract: Elizabethkingia meningoseptica is an infrequent cause of hospital-acquired infections. The clinical and microbiological profiles of infections due to E. meningoseptica over a seven-year period at a Level-I trauma centre are reported in this study. Medical records of patients from whose clinical samples E. meningoseptica was isolated on more than one occasion were reviewed. A total of 21 cases were observed during the study, 16 (76.2%) of which exhibited multidrug resistance. The observed in-hospital mortality rate was 47.6%. A high index of clinical suspicion and effective detection of E. meningoseptica in clinical samples are requisite for improved clinical outcome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine & Hospital Infection Control, JPNA Trauma Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rastogi
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine & Hospital Infection Control, JPNA Trauma Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. Electronic address: purvamathur@yahoo.co.in.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mathur
authors.affiliation: Departments of Anesthesia & Critical Care, JPNA Trauma Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bindra
authors.affiliation: Departments of Anesthesia & Critical Care, JPNA Trauma Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Goyal
authors.affiliation: Departments of Anesthesia & Critical Care, JPNA Trauma Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sokhal
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, JPNA Trauma Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, JPNA Trauma Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sagar
authors.affiliation: Departments of Anesthesia & Critical Care, JPNA Trauma Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Aggarwal
authors.affiliation: Departments of Anesthesia & Critical Care, JPNA Trauma Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Soni
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Tandon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D045247:Chryseobacterium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016638:Critical Illness; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D005260:Female; D045826:Flavobacteriaceae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016019:Survival Analysis; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000150:complications*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents
keywords: Bronchoalveolar lavage; Elizabethkingia meningoseptica; Immunocompetent; Intensive care unit; Multidrug resistant; Trauma