Late-Onset Sepsis and Meningitis Caused by Elizabethkingia meningoseptica: A Case Report
Shasha Liao, Shaoling Qiu, Na Li, Yunyuan Liu, Xiuneng Tang · 2026
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Shasha Liao, Shaoling Qiu, Na Li, Yunyuan Liu, and Xiuneng Tang report a newborn infected in blood and brain by a hardy hospital germ. Their case report was published in twenty twenty-six. The germ, Elizabethkingia meningoseptica, preys on the weak, above all early babies and people with low immunity.
The baby was born at thirty-three weeks and fell ill at one month with fever and poor feeding. Blood and spinal fluid cultures grew the germ, which answered several antibiotics. Three drug pairings were tried in sequence over an eighty-five-day hospital course. The infection swelled the brain's fluid spaces, a lasting complication. The case shows how stubborn this germ can be and why drug choice must follow lab sensitivity closely.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Shasha Liao, Shaoling Qiu, Na Li, Yunyuan Liu, Xiuneng Tang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 15 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |