Sepsis neonatal por Chryseobacterium meningosepticum.

Carlos Velásquez; Marta Santillan; Elina Mendoza; Gabriela Soza

doi:10.17843/rpmesp.2008.254.1310

Authors

Carlos Velásquez Comité de control de infecciones y uso racional de antibiótico en neonatología, Instituto Nacional Materno Perinatal (INMP). Lima, Perú. Médico Pediatra.
Marta Santillan Comité de control de infecciones intrahospitalarias, INMP. Lima, Perú. Médico Pediatra.
Elina Mendoza Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos Neonatales, INMP. Lima, Perú. Médico Pediatra.
Gabriela Soza Servicio de Microbiología, INMP. Lima, Perú. Biólogo.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17843/rpmesp.2008.254.1310

Keywords:

Cross infection, Chryseobacterium, Intensive care units, neonatal, Sepsis

Abstract

Chrysobacterium meningosepticum, also known as Flavobacterium meningosepticum, is a gram-negative microorganism widely distributed in nature, but it is rarely diagnosed as pathogenic. Its importance lies in being highly resistant to antimicrobials, so when it may infect premature newborns and immunocompromised adults, the mortality rate is high. This is a review about this microorganism, the importance of its diagnosis and surveillance of nosocomial infections, following a case in a neonatal intensive care unit in Lima, Peru.