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Elizabethkingia meningoseptica is a Gram-negative nonfermentative bacilli found ubiquitous in soil, plants, water etc.. It is colonized in different medical devices like intravascular catheters, implanted devices etc. causing life-threatening infections like bacteremia, pneumonia, neonatal meningitis, sepsis, endophthalmitis, soft-tissue infections etc. primarily in the patients of intensive care units (ICUs). This study highlights the emergence of E.meningoseptica infection in the healthcare setting and its unusual drug resistance pattern making it more challenging for the therapeutic management. The maximum susceptibility (80%) was observed against cefoperazone-sulbactum, piperacillin-tazobactum and levooxacin followed by meropenem (60%). Susceptibility against imipenem, ciprooxacin, cotrimoxazole was observed approximately 40%. |
