A complex case of piperacillin-tazobactam resistant Elizabethkingia anophelis neonatal meningitis: the challenge of treatment and literature review
Yixiang Wu, Sitian Ke, Lizhong Du, Zhongyue Li · 2026
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Yixiang Wu, Sitian Ke, Lizhong Du, and Zhongyue Li published a 2026 case report of newborn meningitis from a hardy germ. The germ, Elizabethkingia anophelis, resists many drugs and kills many infants it infects. A full-term baby fell ill on day fifteen of life. Fever and poor responsiveness were the first signs. First-line drugs failed to help. A blood culture named the germ, and it resisted a standard drug pair. A brain abscess added to the danger.
Doctors switched drugs based on lab sensitivity tests. The new pair was levofloxacin plus vancomycin. The baby's fever settled and blood cultures cleared. The abscess shrank bit by bit. No major side effects appeared. The team stresses fast germ naming and prompt drug changes in such cases.
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| CREATOR | Yixiang Wu, Sitian Ke, Lizhong Du, Zhongyue Li |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 33904 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |