A dominant strain of Elizabethkingia anophelis emerged from a hospital water system to cause a three-year outbreak in a respiratory care center

YL Lee, KM Liu, HL Chang, JS Lin, FY Kung… - Journal of Hospital …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Elizabethkingia species are ubiquitous bacteria but uncommonly cause human
infection. An outbreak of Elizabethkingia anophelis bacteraemia was observed in a …

Susceptibility of Elizabethkingia spp. to commonly tested and novel antibiotics and concordance between broth microdilution and automated testing methods

SC Kuo, MC Tan, WC Huang, HC Wu… - Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Objectives We aimed to determine susceptibilities of Elizabethkingia spp. to 25 commonly
tested and 8 novel antibiotics, and to compare the performance of different susceptibility …

MBLs, Rather Than Efflux Pumps, Led to Carbapenem Resistance in Fosfomycin and Aztreonam/Avibactam Resistant Elizabethkingia anophelis

Y Chang, D Zhang, S Niu, Q Chen, Q Lin… - Infection and Drug …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Objective To assess the risk factors associated with infections and in-hospital mortality,
antimicrobial susceptibility patterns and carbapenem resistance mechanisms in E …

Comparative Analysis of Gradient Diffusion and Disk Diffusion with Agar Dilution for Susceptibility Testing of Elizabethkingia anophelis

CT Chiu, CH Lai, YH Huang, CH Yang, JN Lin - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Elizabethkingia anophelis has recently emerged as a cause of life-threatening infections.
This study compared the results of antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) conducted for E …

Molecular characteristics and in vitro effects of antimicrobial combinations on planktonic and biofilm forms of Elizabethkingia anophelis

HJ Tang, YT Lin, CC Chen, CW Chen… - Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Objectives To investigate the in vitro activity of antibiotics against clinical Elizabethkingia
anophelis isolates and to find a suitable antibiotic combination with synergistic effects to …

Antimicrobial Effects of Minocycline, Tigecycline, Ciprofloxacin, and Levofloxacin against Elizabethkingia anophelis Using In Vitro Time-Kill Assays and In Vivo …

JN Lin, CH Lai, YH Huang, CH Yang - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Elizabethkingia anophelis is a multidrug-resistant pathogen. This study evaluated the
antimicrobial activity of minocycline, tigecycline, ciprofloxacin, and levofloxacin using in vitro …

Investigation of Phylogeny and Drug Resistance Mechanisms of Elizabethkingia anophelis Isolated from Blood and Lower Respiratory Tract

PMK Larkin, L Mortimer, JH Malenfant… - Microbial Drug …, 2021 - liebertpub.com
Elizabethkingia species are environmental bacteria associated with opportunistic infections
in vulnerable populations. Traditionally, Elizabethkingia meningoseptica was considered the …

Comparison of three species of Elizabethkingia genus by whole-genome sequence analysis

C Yang, Z Liu, S Yu, K Ye, X Li… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Elizabethkingia are found to cause severe neonatal meningitis, nosocomial pneumonia,
endocarditis and bacteremia. However, there are few studies on Elizabethkingia genus by …

Elizabethkingia Intra-Abdominal Infection and Related Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole Resistance: A Clinical-Genomic Study

LC Teng, JM Wang, HY Lu, YC Mao, KL Lai, CH Tseng… - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
(1) Background: Elizabethkingia spp. is an emerging nosocomial pathogen which causes
mostly blood stream infection and nosocomial pneumonia. Among Elizabethkingia species …