Elizabethkingia meningoseptica Bacteremia in a Newborn at the University Hospital Yalgado Ouedraogo, Burkina Faso: A Case Report
Hervé Kafando
Laboratory of Bacteriology-Virology, University Hospital Yalgado Ouedraogo, 03 BP 7022, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and National Reference Laboratory for Antimicrobial Resistance Control (NRL-AMR), Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.
Zonon Hamadé *
Department of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Yalgado Ouedraogo, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
Caroline Yonaba
Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital Yalgado Ouedraogo, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and Training and Research Unit Health Sciences (UFR-SDS), University Joseph KI-Zerbo, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
Ouedraogo Gafourou Arsène
Department of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Yalgado Ouedraogo, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
Saidou Chaibou Nassirou
Department of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Yalgado Ouedraogo, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
Zida Adama
Laboratory of Bacteriology-Virology, University Hospital Yalgado Ouedraogo, 03 BP 7022, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and Training and Research Unit Health Sciences (UFR-SDS), University Joseph KI-Zerbo, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
Abdoul Salam Ouédraogo
National Reference Laboratory for Antimicrobial Resistance Control (NRL-AMR), Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso and National Institute of Health Sciences, University Nazi Boni, Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.
Ismaël Diallo
Department of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Yalgado Ouedraogo, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and Training and Research Unit Health Sciences (UFR-SDS), University Joseph KI-Zerbo, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Elizabethkingia meningoseptica is a Gram-negative, aerobic bacillus found in the environment. It is an important hospital-acquired bacterium, mainly affecting newborn and immunocompromised patients. It is naturally resistant to many standard antibiotics, making it difficult to choose the right probabilistic antibiotic therapy. We report the first case of E. meningoseptica bacteremia in a newborn in a tertiary care university hospital in Burkina Faso, with the aim of raising awareness among practitioners to reduce morbidity and mortality attributable to infections caused by this emerging bacterium.
Keywords: Elizabethkingia meningoseptica, bacteremia, antibiotic resistance, Burkina Faso