Clinical and Genomic Features of the First Cases of Elizabethkingia anophelis Infection in New York, Including the First Case in a Healthy Infant Without Previous Nosocomial Exposure

J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2019 Jul 1;8(3):269-271. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piy071.

Abstract

Elizabethkingia spp are Gram-negative bacteria associated with neonatal meningitis. In 2015-2016, an outbreak of Elizabethkingia anophelis infection that involved 63 patients and 18 deaths occurred in Wisconsin. Despite a multistate investigation, as of September 2016 the source remained undetermined, and experts warned of reemergence. We describe here the first cases of E anophelis infection in New York, including the case of a healthy infant without previous healthcare contact.

Keywords: Elizabethkingia anophelis; infant sepsis; whole-genome sequencing.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Cross Infection / diagnosis
  • Cross Infection / epidemiology
  • Cross Infection / microbiology*
  • Female
  • Flavobacteriaceae / genetics*
  • Flavobacteriaceae / isolation & purification*
  • Flavobacteriaceae Infections / diagnosis
  • Flavobacteriaceae Infections / epidemiology
  • Flavobacteriaceae Infections / microbiology*
  • Genomics
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • New York / epidemiology
  • Phylogeny
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA