Elizabethkingia meningoseptica (Chryseobacterium meningosepticum) is a rare nosocomial infection that can show multiple antimicrobial resistance. It has been shown to cause epidemics in neonatal units. This case presented discuss this of growth the blood culture patient followed intensive care unit due asphyxia and hypothermia. was because detected difficult delivery asphyxia, successfully trea...

Chryseobacterium indologenes is an uncommon emerging human pathogen usually because different forms of diseases in hospitalized immunocompromised patients. We report a case of young female patient with end stage renal (ESRD) disease developed severs necrotizing pneumonia because of C. indologenes. We conclude this is, to the best of our knowledge, the first case repot of necrotizing pneumonia d...

BACKGROUND Elizabethkingia meningoseptica is an opportunistic pathogen. Identification of E. meningoseptica based on conventional methods is rather labor- and time-consuming. The information on epidemiological relatedness and microbiological characteristics of E. meningoseptica isolates from central Taiwan was limited. METHODS Forty E. meningoseptica isolates identified by conventional method...