ELIZABETHKINGIA MENINGOSEPTICA BACTEREMIA IN A NEONATE: A RARE CASE REPORT FROM A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE OF TRIPURA
- Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, Agartala Government Medical College.
- 2nd Year Post Graduate Trainee, Department of Microbiology, Agartala Government Medical College.
- 3rd Year Post Graduate Trainee, Department of Microbiology, Agartala Government Medical College.
- Professor & HOD, Department of Microbiology, Agartala Government Medical College.
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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 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.
[Sibabrata Bhattacharya, Rima Das, Ankan Chakrabarti and Tapan Majumdar (2020); ELIZABETHKINGIA MENINGOSEPTICA BACTEREMIA IN A NEONATE: A RARE CASE REPORT FROM A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE OF TRIPURA Int. J. of Adv. Res. 8 (Oct). 63-66] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology
India
