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Blood from a two day old male baby with history of respiratory distress and meconium aspiration was sent to the Department of Microbiology for culture. Blood culture yield non haemolytic… Click to show full abstract
Blood from a two day old male baby with history of respiratory distress and meconium aspiration was sent to the Department of Microbiology for culture. Blood culture yield non haemolytic small colonies of 1-2 mm on Blood agar and no growth on MacConkey agar.Based upon the colony characteristics, biochemical reactions, antimicrobial susceptibility pattern and identification by conventional and Vitek 2 Compact system, the isolate was identified as Elizabethkingia meningoseptica which is a rare cause of bacteremia in neonates.
Keywords:
bacteremia neonate;
neonate rare;
rare case;
bacteremia;
elizabethkingia meningoseptica;
meningoseptica bacteremia
Journal Title: International Journal of Approximate Reasoning
Year Published: 2020
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Journal Title: International Journal of Approximate Reasoning
Year Published: 2020
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