Rare elizabethkingia meningosepticum meningitis case in an immunocompetent adult

Salim S. Hayek; Thura T. Abd; Sushma K. Cribbs; Albert M. Anderson; Andre Melendez; Miwako Kobayashi; Carmen Polito; Yun F. Wang

doi:10.1038/emi.2013.16

Rare elizabethkingia meningosepticum meningitis case in an immunocompetent adult

Salim S. Hayek, Thura T. Abd, Sushma K. Cribbs, Albert M. Anderson, Andre Melendez, Miwako Kobayashi, Carmen Polito, Yun F. Wang

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Abstract

Though Elizabethkingia meningosepticum typically causes meningitis in neonates, its occurrence in adult is rare, with sixteen cases described worldwide. We report a case of E. meningosepticum meningitis in an immunocompetent adult. Bacterial identification was made a day earlier than conventional method by using matrix assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) Vitek mass spectrometry RUO (VMS), which resulted in successful treatment with rifampin, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, levofloxacin and minocycline.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	e17
Journal	Emerging Microbes and Infections
Volume	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/emi.2013.16
State	Published - 2013
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Chryseobacterium
Elizabethkingia meningosepticum
Flavobacterium
MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry
Meningitis
Vitek

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Epidemiology
Parasitology
Microbiology
Immunology
Drug Discovery
Infectious Diseases
Virology

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Rare elizabethkingia meningosepticum meningitis case in an immunocompetent adult

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