Infections due to Elizabethkingia meningoseptica in critically injured trauma patients: a seven-year study. Issue 1 (January 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Rastogi, N.; Mathur, P.; Bindra, A.; Goyal, K.; Sokhal, N.; Kumar, S.; Sagar, S.; Aggarwal, R.; Soni, K.D.; Tandon, V.
• Is Part Of: Journal of hospital infection. Volume 92:Issue 1(2016)
• Page Start: 30
• Page End: 32
• Publication Date: 2016-01
• Subjects: Bronchoalveolar lavage -- Elizabethkingia meningoseptica -- Immunocompetent -- Intensive care unit -- Multidrug resistant -- Trauma; Cross infection -- Periodicals; Cross infection -- Prevention -- Periodicals; Nosocomial infections -- Periodicals; Nosocomial infections -- Prevention -- Periodicals; Cross Infection -- Periodicals; Cross Infection -- prevention & control -- Periodicals; Infection Control -- Periodicals; Electronic journals; 614.44
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2015.07.008
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0195-6701

Abstract

Summary: 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.