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Case Reports
. 2013 Apr;55(2):231-4.
doi: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2012.03650.x.

Elizabethkingia meningoseptica: Emergent bacteria causing pneumonia in a critically ill child

Paulo Sergio Lucas da Silva  1 , Graziella Hanna Pereira
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Case Reports

Elizabethkingia meningoseptica: Emergent bacteria causing pneumonia in a critically ill child

Paulo Sergio Lucas da Silva et al. Pediatr Int. 2013 Apr.

Abstract

Elizabethkingia meningoseptica is an unusual, highly resistant, gram- negative bacillus. While E. meningoseptica-associated meningitis outbreaks have been well-documented in hospital neonatal wards and among immunocompromised adults, reports describing this microorganism in critically ill children are scarce. The purpose of this report was to describe a case of a 3 year-old girl who developed pneumonia caused by E. meningoseptica in the setting of previous use of broad-spectrum antibiotics and to review the pediatric literature regarding this pathogen.

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