Elizabethkingia anophelisIsolated from Patients with Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome and Lower Respiratory Tract Infection: Report of Two Cases and Literature Review.
Elizabethkingia anophelis, originally discovered fromAnophelesmosquito gut, is an emerging pathogen, especially in immunocompromised patients. We isolated two strains ofE. anophelisfrom two separate patients with multiple organ dysfunction syndrome and lower respiratory tract infection. In this paper, we reviewed the status ofE. anophelisinfection and its antibiotics resistance from reported cases.
Yun Leung Laboratory for Molecular Diagnostics, School of Biomedical Sciences, Huaqiao University Xiamen, China.
Shaohua
S
Hu
Yun Leung Laboratory for Molecular Diagnostics, School of Biomedical Sciences, Huaqiao University Xiamen, China.
Tao
T
Jiang
Department of Medical Laboratory, Institute of Nanomedicine Technology, Weifang Medical University Weifang, China.
Xia
X
Zhang
Yun Leung Laboratory for Molecular Diagnostics, School of Biomedical Sciences, Huaqiao University Xiamen, China.
Yajun
Y
Zhou
Department of Medical Laboratory, Institute of Nanomedicine Technology, Weifang Medical University Weifang, China.
Zhengjun
Z
Yi
Department of Information, Quanzhou First Hospital Affiliated to Fujian Medical University Fujian, China.
Youxi
Y
Wang
Department of Information, Quanzhou First Hospital Affiliated to Fujian Medical University Fujian, China.
Sishou
S
Zhao
Yun Leung Laboratory for Molecular Diagnostics, School of Biomedical Sciences, Huaqiao UniversityXiamen, China; Department of Medical Laboratory, Institute of Nanomedicine Technology, Weifang Medical UniversityWeifang, China.
Mingxi
M
Wang
Department of Clinical Laboratory, Quanzhou First Hospital Affiliated to Fujian Medical University Fujian, China.
Desong
D
Ming
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University East Lansing, MI, USA.
Shicheng
S
Chen
E. anophelis; antibiotics resistance; emerging pathogen; lower respiratory tract infection; multiple organ dysfunction syndrome