| characteristics of neonatal bacterial meningitis in a teaching hospital in taiwan from 1984-1997. | during the period from 1984 to 1997, 85 bacterial meningitis neonates with positive cerebrospinal fluid cultures were treated. the ages of these patients ranged from 1 to 28 days. the male to female ratio was 1.7 to 1. the most common causative agent was group b beta-hemolytic streptococci (gbs, 31.8%), followed by escherichia coli (20%), proteus mirabilis (7.1%), enterobacter cloacae (5.9%), other streptococci excluding streptococcus pneumoniae (5.9%), chryseobacterium meningosepticum (5.9%), e ... | 2000 | 10917879 |
| atypical chryseobacterium meningosepticum and meningitis and sepsis in newborns and the immunocompromised, taiwan. | from 1996 to 1999, 17 culture-documented systemic infections due to novel, atypical strains of chryseobacterium meningosepticum occurred in two newborns and 15 immunocompromised patients in a medical center in taiwan. all clinical isolates, which were initially misidentified as aeromonas salmonicida by an automated bacterial identification system, were resistant to a number of antimicrobial agents. the isolates were characterized as atypical strains of c. meningosepticum by complete biochemical ... | 2000 | 10998378 |
| chryseobacterium meningosepticum infection: antibiotic susceptibility and risk factors for mortality. | a limited range of antibiotic classes are available for treatment of chryseobacterium meningosepticum infections. although the role of c. meningosepticum in newborn infections and immunocompromised hosts has been recognized, clinical data detailing these infections remain limited. this retrospective study investigated the risk factors for mortality in patients with c. meningosepticum infections and the antibiotic susceptibility of clinical isolates. | 2008 | 18473101 |
| tigecycline and colistin susceptibility of chryseobacterium meningosepticum isolated from blood in taiwan. | | 2009 | 19261450 |
| clinical and microbiological analysis of elizabethkingia meningoseptica bacteremia in adult patients in taiwan. | a limited number of reports have documented bacteremia caused by elizabethkingia meningoseptica (chryseobacterium meningosepticum) in adults. most cases have occurred in taiwan. this study investigated the clinical features and risk factors for mortality from e. meningoseptica bacteremia and the antimicrobial susceptibilities of the isolates. patients with e. meningoseptica bacteremia were retrospectively analyzed at a medical center/teaching hospital in northern taiwan over a 3-y period. we ana ... | 2009 | 19579148 |
| association between contaminated faucets and colonization or infection by nonfermenting gram-negative bacteria in intensive care units in taiwan. | this study was designed to determine the strength of the association between the isolation of nonfermentative gram-negative bacilli (nfgnb) from tap water faucet aerators and the prevalence of colonization or infection of patients in intensive care units (icus). surveillance cultures were obtained during a 4-month period from 162 faucet aerators located in seven different icus. the prevalence of colonization or infection of icu patients with nfgnb was determined by prospective surveillance durin ... | 2009 | 19587299 |
| clinical features, antimicrobial susceptibilities, and outcomes of elizabethkingia meningoseptica (chryseobacterium meningosepticum) bacteremia at a medical center in taiwan, 1999-2006. | a total of 118 patients with elizabethkingia meningoseptica bacteremia at a medical center in taiwan from 1999 to 2006 were studied. minimum inhibitory concentrations (mics) of 99 preserved isolates were determined. the incidence (per 100,000 admissions) of e. meningoseptica bacteremia increased from 7.5 in 1996 to 35.6 in 2006 (p?=?0.006). among them, 84% presented with fever, 86% had nosocomial infections, and 60% had acquired the infection in intensive care units (icus). the most common under ... | 2011 | 21461847 |
| development of a multiplex polymerase chain reaction to detect five common gram-negative bacteria of aquatic animals. | a multiplex polymerase chain reaction (m-pcr) technique was developed as a rapid and accurate diagnostic tool for identifying five major gram-negative bacilli -vibrio vulnificus, v. parahaemolyticus, aeromonas hydrophila, chryseobacterium meningosepticum and edwardsiella tarda- that cause major diseases in cultured aquatic animals in taiwan. the expected amplicons for v. vulnificus, v. parahaemolyticus, a. hydrophila, c. meningosepticum and e. tarda were 410, 368, 685, 180 and 230bp, respectivel ... | 2012 | 22571515 |
| identification, characterization, and biofilm formation of clinical chryseobacterium gleum isolates. | chryseobacterium gleum is not commonly isolated from clinical source(s). using 16s rrna gene sequencing, we identified 15 c. gleum isolates from the central region hospital alliance, taiwan, which were all misidentified: 14 as chryseobacterium indologenes and 1 as elizabethkingia meningoseptica using the vitek 2 gn card. matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry, a rapid and clinically applicable method, was evaluated for the identification of c. gleum, and the ... | 2014 | 24796989 |
| identification and epidemiological relatedness of clinical elizabethkingia meningoseptica isolates from central taiwan. | elizabethkingia meningoseptica is an opportunistic pathogen. identification of e. meningoseptica based on conventional methods is rather labor- and time-consuming. the information on epidemiological relatedness and microbiological characteristics of e. meningoseptica isolates from central taiwan was limited. | 2014 | 23726463 |
| risk factors and outcome of levofloxacin-resistant elizabethkingia meningoseptica bacteraemia in adult patients in taiwan. | elizabethkingia meningoseptica is an emerging nosocomial pathogen associated with high mortality and inherently resistant to many antimicrobial agents. levofloxacin has been considered as a therapeutic agent based on in vitro susceptibility. we aim to investigate the risk factors and outcomes for levofloxacin-resistant e. meningoseptica bacteraemia. adult patients with e. meningoseptica bacteraemia were identified retrospectively in a medical centre in taiwan from january 2011 to july 2015. thes ... | 2017 | 28265817 |
| comparison of the therapeutic efficacy of fluoroquinolone and non-fluoroquinolone treatment in patients with elizabethkingia meningoseptica bacteraemia. | elizabethkingia meningoseptica is a non-fermentative gram-negative bacillus that has emerged as an important pathogen in nosocomial infections and is usually associated with high mortality. e. meningoseptica is inherently resistant to many broad-spectrum antibiotics, and appropriate antibiotic selection is crucial for survival. data about the therapeutic efficacy of fluoroquinolone in e. meningoseptica bacteraemia are limited. we retrospectively enrolled patients with e. meningoseptica bacteraem ... | 2017 | 28668676 |