First case of Elizabethkingia anophelis meningitis in the Central African Republic.

Thierry Frank (1) , Jean Chrysostome Gody (2) , Liem Binh Luong Nguyen (1) , Nicolas Berthet (3, 4) , Anne Le Fleche-Mateos (5) , Petula Bata (2) , Clotaire Rafaï (1) , Mirdad Kazanji (1) , Sebastien Breurec (1)

1 Institut Pasteur de Bangui
2 Complexe pédiatrique
3 Epidémiologie et Physiopathologie des Virus Oncogènes
4 CNRS - UMR3569 - Virologie
5 CIBU - Cellule d'Intervention Biologique d'Urgence - Laboratory for Urgent Response to Biological Threats

An 8-day-old girl of indigenous origin delivered by caesarean section to an HIV-negative mother with an uneventful pregnancy presented to the Complexe Pédiatrique in Bangui, Central African Republic, in March 2011 with a 3-day history of fever at 38.5 °C. The newborn had a history of intubation and mechanical ventilation at birth due to asphyxia, followed by 2 days of hospitalization. At admission, she was irritable, feeding poorly, had a seizure and had lost 1500 g (32%) of her birth weight. She showed ...

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Human health and pathology

Thierry Frank, Jean Chrysostome Gody, Liem Binh Luong Nguyen, Nicolas Berthet, Anne Le Fleche-Mateos, et al.. First case of Elizabethkingia anophelis meningitis in the Central African Republic.. The Lancet, 2013, 381 (9880), pp.1876. ⟨10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60318-9⟩. ⟨pasteur-00826657⟩