Rare Elizabethkingia meningosepticum meningitis case in an immunocompetent adult

Abstract

Though Elizabethkingia meningosepticum typically causes meningitis in neonates, its occurrence in adult is rare, with sixteen cases described worldwide. We report a case of E. meningosepticum meningitis in an immunocompetent adult. Bacterial identification was made a day earlier than conventional method by using matrix assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) Vitek mass spectrometry RUO (VMS), which resulted in successful treatment with rifampin, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, levofloxacin and minocycline.Emerging Microbes & Infections (2013) 2, e17; doi:10.1038/emi.2013.16

• chryseobacterium
• Elizabethkingia meningosepticum
• flavobacterium
• meningitis
• MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry
• Vitek