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. 2020 Feb;26(2):320–322. doi: 10.3201/eid2602.190345

Table. Characteristics of Elizabethkingia anophelis isolates from Cambodia and Thailand*.

Characteristic Isolate no.
1 (this study) 2 3 4 5 6 7
Patient characteristics
Sex F M F M F M F
Age at admission 6 d 8 mo 15 wk 0 d 51 d 0 d 0 d
Concurrent condition Prematurity† Duodenal atresia Failure to thrive Prematurity† Ventricular septal defect Prematurity† Prematurity†
Country
Cambodia
Cambodia
Cambodia
Cambodia
Cambodia
Cambodia
Thailand
Clinical features
Diagnosis Meningitis VAP Meningitis Sepsis VAP Sepsis Sepsis
Treatment CIP/VAN MER CAX AMP/GM CIP IMP AMP/GM
Outcome Survived Died Unknown‡ Died Died Survived Died
Length of admission, d
31
16
1
5
79
35
25
Specimen details
Collection date 2018 Oct 2018 Jan 2015 Aug 2013 Aug 2012 Sep 2012 Mar 2017 Apr
Specimen type Blood Respiratory secretion Blood Blood Respiratory secretion Blood Blood
Hospitalization day 
 collected
1
16
1
5
64
21
22
Isolate details
First ID E. anophelis E. meningoseptica C. meningosepticum E. meningoseptica
Initial ID method
MALDI-TOF
MALDI-TOF
API 20NE
API 20NE
API 20NE
API 20NE
API 20NE
MIC (µg/mL)
VAN 8 16 16 16 8 16 8
SXT 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.5 0.25 0.5 NA§
CAX 32 64 >256 64 64 >256 >256
CIP 1 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1

*AMP, ampicillin; CAX, ceftriaxone; CIP, ciprofloxacin; F, female; GM, gentamicin; ID, identification; IMP, imipenem; M, male; MER, meropenem; SXT, sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim; VAN, vancomycin; VAP, ventilator-associated pneumonia.
†It was not possible to retrieve gestational age for all patients.
‡Patient left hospital against medical advice. 
§Sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim MIC testing not available in the Thailand laboratory.