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

Authors

Erik Snesrud, Multidrug-Resistant Organism Repository and Surveillance Network, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Patrick McGann, Multidrug-Resistant Organism Repository and Surveillance Network, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Edward Walsh, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine, New York.Follow
Ana Ong, Multidrug-Resistant Organism Repository and Surveillance Network, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Rosslyn Maybank, Multidrug-Resistant Organism Repository and Surveillance Network, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Yoon Kwak, Multidrug-Resistant Organism Repository and Surveillance Network, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Jean Campbell, Rochester Regional HealthFollow
Anthony Jones, Multidrug-Resistant Organism Repository and Surveillance Network, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Kelly Vore, Rochester Regional HealthFollow
Mary Hinkle, Multidrug-Resistant Organism Repository and Surveillance Network, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Emil Lesho, Rochester Regional HealthFollow

Department

Infectious Diseases

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

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.

First Page

269

Last Page

271

DOI

10.1093/jpids/piy071

Volume

8

Issue

3

Publication Date

8-15-2018

PubMed ID

30107596

Recommended Citation

Snesrud, E., McGann, P., Walsh, E., Ong, A., Maybank, R., Kwak, Y., Campbell, J., Jones, A., Vore, K., Hinkle, M., & Lesho, E. (2018). 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. Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 8 (3), 269-271. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpids/piy071