Abstract

ECHEVERRI, Lina María  and  OSPINA, Sigifredo. Bacteriemia by Elizabethkingia meningoseptica in acute linfoblastic leukemia patients. Infect. [online]. 2010, vol.14, n.3, pp.227-231. ISSN 0123-9392.

A case report of bacteraemia by Elizabethkingia meningoseptica in an immunocompromised patient, who was admitted to the hospital with an acute Linfoblastic leukemia and infection diagnosis, is presented. E. meningoseptica is an emerging bacterium in nosocomial infections with remarkable antimicrobial resistance and an unusual pathogen in humans.

Keywords : Elizabethkingia meningoseptica; bacteraemia; immunocompromised.

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