INFECTION DUE TO DRUG RESISTANT ELIZABETHKINGIA MENINGOSEPTICA IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN INDIA-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

INFECTION DUE TO DRUG RESISTANT ELIZABETHKINGIA MENINGOSEPTICA IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN INDIA

Published:2022-11-01 Issue: Volume: Page:16-17
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Container-title:INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH
language:en
Short-container-title:IJAR

Author:

Singh Yadav Vishwanath¹,Mohapatra Sarita²,Gautam Hitender²,Kapil Arti³,Kumar Das Bimal⁴

Affiliation:

1. Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, ESIC Medical College & Hospital, Faridabad-121001

2. Additional Professor, Department of Microbiology, All India Institute Of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110029

3. Professor, Department of Microbiology, All India Institute Of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110029

4. Professor, Department of Microbiology, All India Institute Of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110029.*

Abstract

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 levooxacin followed by meropenem (60%). Susceptibility against imipenem, ciprooxacin, cotrimoxazole was observed approximately 40%.

Publisher

World Wide Journals

Subject

Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty,Business and International Management,General Computer Science,Geology,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine,General Medicine,General Materials Science,Hepatology,Sociology and Political Science,History,Cultural Studies,Law,Sociology and Political Science,Immunology,General Medicine,Immunology and Allergy,Pharmacology,Immunology,Immunology and Allergy,Sociology and Political Science,Anthropology,Cultural Studies

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