Persistent Elizabethkingia meningoseptica bacteremia in a patient with multiple myeloma

Persistent Elizabethkingia meningoseptica bacteremia in a patient with multiple myeloma

Elizabethkingia meningoseptica is a non-motile, gram-negative organism, previously classified as part of the Flavobacterium then Chryseobacterium genus. It has been isolated in hospital settings and has been known to cause infection, particularly in immunocompromised patients. Treatment has remained...

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Main Authors: Waleed Malik, Gavin McLeod
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-01-01
Series:IDCases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250919301209
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spelling doaj-428fba4b7b4b4a8f87410758bd918af92021-07-02T12:00:58ZengElsevierIDCases2214-25092019-01-0118Persistent Elizabethkingia meningoseptica bacteremia in a patient with multiple myelomaWaleed Malik0Gavin McLeod1Internal Medicine, Greenwich Hospital, Greenwich, Connecticut, USAInfectious Diseases, Greenwich Hospital, Greenwich, Connecticut, USAElizabethkingia meningoseptica is a non-motile, gram-negative organism, previously classified as part of the Flavobacterium then Chryseobacterium genus. It has been isolated in hospital settings and has been known to cause infection, particularly in immunocompromised patients. Treatment has remained a challenge as this organism is resistant to many traditional antimicrobials used to treat gram-negative infections. We present a case of persistent E. meningoseptica bacteremia in a patient despite tailored antimicrobial therapy.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250919301209
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title Persistent Elizabethkingia meningoseptica bacteremia in a patient with multiple myeloma
title_short Persistent Elizabethkingia meningoseptica bacteremia in a patient with multiple myeloma
title_full Persistent Elizabethkingia meningoseptica bacteremia in a patient with multiple myeloma
title_fullStr Persistent Elizabethkingia meningoseptica bacteremia in a patient with multiple myeloma
title_full_unstemmed Persistent Elizabethkingia meningoseptica bacteremia in a patient with multiple myeloma
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description Elizabethkingia meningoseptica is a non-motile, gram-negative organism, previously classified as part of the Flavobacterium then Chryseobacterium genus. It has been isolated in hospital settings and has been known to cause infection, particularly in immunocompromised patients. Treatment has remained a challenge as this organism is resistant to many traditional antimicrobials used to treat gram-negative infections. We present a case of persistent E. meningoseptica bacteremia in a patient despite tailored antimicrobial therapy.
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