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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.
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The authors thank the members of the Department of Neonatology, Microbiology and the Medical Records Department for their assistance in data collection. They also thank the PSM department for their help in data handling and analysis.
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AMA collected and analyzed the data and drafted the manuscript; AB conceptualized and designed the study, edited manuscript; ASS helped with lab investigations. AB will act as the guarantor for this paper.
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Anil, A.M., B., A. & Sastry, A.S. Clinical Profile and Outcome of Neonates with Elizabethkingia Sepsis. Indian J Pediatr 90, 612–614 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-022-04467-8
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