Clinical Profile and Outcome of Neonates with Elizabethkingia Sepsis

Elizabethkingia, an emerging nosocomial pathogen is a gram-negative bacillus causing NICU outbreaks. This case series from a tertiary care hospital, South India describes the clinical profile and outcome of 92 neonates with culture-positive elizabethkingia sepsis over a period of 2 y. Elizabethkingia sepsis predominantly affected preterm neonates and the common clinical features were respiratory distress, apnea, and poor feeding. Meningitis was noted in 68% and mortality was 12%. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing showed that elizabethkingia was susceptible to minocycline and levofloxacin.