Elizabethkingia Infections in Humans: From Genomics to Clinics

JN Lin, CH Lai, CH Yang, YH Huang - Microorganisms, 2019 - mdpi.com
The genus Elizabethkingia has recently emerged as a cause of life-threatening infections in
humans, particularly in immunocompromised patients. Several new species in the genus …

Epidemiology and Characteristics of Elizabethkingia spp. Infections in Southeast Asia

A Zajmi, J Teo, CC Yeo - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Elizabethkingia spp. is a ubiquitous pathogenic bacterium that has been identified as the
causal agent for a variety of conditions such as meningitis, pneumonia, necrotizing fasciitis …

Review on infection control strategies to minimize outbreaks of the emerging pathogen Elizabethkingia anophelis

L Mallinckrodt, R Huis in't Veld, S Rosema… - … Resistance & Infection …, 2023 - Springer
Background Elizabethkingia anophelis is a multi-drug resistant emerging opportunistic
pathogen with a high mortality rate, causing healthcare-associated outbreaks worldwide …

Disinfection of maternal environments is associated with piglet microbiome composition from birth to weaning

K Law, B Lozinski, I Torres, S Davison, A Hilbrands… - Msphere, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Maternal factors predetermine offspring development and health, including the
establishment of offsprings' first microbiomes. Research in swine has shown that early …

Comparison of clinical manifestations, antimicrobial susceptibility patterns, and mutations of fluoroquinolone target genes between Elizabethkingia meningoseptica …

JN Lin, CH Lai, CH Yang, YH Huang - Journal of clinical medicine, 2018 - mdpi.com
Elizabethkingia meningoseptica and Elizabethkingia anophelis are two major pathogens in
the genus Elizabethkingia. Studies have revealed that Elizabethkingia anophelis is …

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 …

In Vitro and In Vivo Antimicrobial Activities of Vancomycin and Rifampin against Elizabethkingia anophelis

IF Lin, CH Lai, SY Lin, CC Lee, NY Lee, PY Liu… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Elizabethkingia anophelis has emerged as a critical human pathogen, and a number of
isolated reports have described the successful treatment of Elizabethkingia infections with …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Multicentre study evaluating matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization–time of flight mass spectrometry for identification of clinically isolated Elizabethkingia …

YH Cheng, CL Perng, MJ Jian, SY Lee, JR Sun… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Objectives Rapid identification of Elizabethkingia species is essential because
these species show variations in antibiotic susceptibility and clinical outcomes. Many recent …

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 …