Neonatal Meningitis by Multidrug Resistant Elizabethkingia meningosepticum Identified by 16S Ribosomal RNA Gene Sequencing

Table 2

Clinical features and treatment outcome of nine neonates with meningitis.

S. number	Age (days)/sex	Underlying condition	Clinical features at presentation	Clinical diagnosis	Initial antibiotic used before collection of specimen	Modified antibiotic therapy after microbiological diagnosis	Outcome
1	2/F	Preterm baby	Fever, seizures	Meningitis	Cefotaxime and amikacin	Vancomycin	Recovered
2	17/F	Preterm baby	Seizures, neck rigidity	Meningitis	Cefotaxime and amikacin	Vancomycin and ciprofloxacin	Recovered
3	15/F	Preterm baby	Fever, icterus, seizures	Septicemia and meningitis	Cefotaxime and Amikacin	Vancomycin	Left against medical advise
4	7/F	Low birth weight	Seizures, icterus, vomiting	Septicemia	Cefotaxime and amikacin	Vancomycin	Expired
5	21/M	Low birth weight,  preterm baby	Seizures, fever, neck rigidity	Septicemia and meningitis	Cefotaxime and amikacin	Vancomycin	Expired
6	16/F	Low birth weight, preterm baby	Seizures, fever, neck rigidity	Meningitis	Cefotaxime and amikacin	Vancomycin	Expired
7	30/M	Low birth weight, preterm baby	Seizure, vomiting, neck rigidity	Meningitis	Cefotaxime and amikacin	Vancomycin	Expired
8	22/M	Preterm baby	Seizure, neck rigidity	Meningitis	Cefotaxime and amikacin	Vancomycin	Expired
9	10/F	Low birth weight, preterm baby	Not accepting feeds, seizures, neck rigidity	Meningitis	Cefotaxime and amikacin	Expired before the susceptibility results were available	Expired