Pediatric Infection and Vaccine

The Korean Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases (대한소아감염학회)
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A Case of Flavobacterium indologenes Meningitis in Neonate

신생아의 Flavobacterium indologenes 뇌막염 1례

  • Lee, Yeon-Ju (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Kim, Jong-Hyun (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Koh, Dae-Kyun (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Kang, Jin-Han (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Kim, Soo-Young (Department of Clinical Pathology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Yoon, Soo-Han (Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Ajou University)
  • 이연주 (가톨릭대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실) ;
  • 김종현 (가톨릭대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실) ;
  • 고대균 (가톨릭대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실) ;
  • 강진한 (가톨릭대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실) ;
  • 김수영 (가톨릭대학교 의과대학 임상병리학교실) ;
  • 윤수한 (아주대학교 의과대학 신경외과학교실)
  • Published : 1998.11.20
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Abstract

Flavobacterium species are nonfastidious, oxidase-positive gram-negative rods that do not ferment glucose. These organism are widely distributed in nature and in hospital environments. In past, one of flavobacteria, Flavobacterium indologenes, was treated with non-pathogenic organism. Recently, several investigators have demonstrated the infection of this organism in human. Nowadays, the growth of F. indologenes in specimen should be considered a potential pathogen in infectious patients including neonate, especially in the setting of malignancy and with use of invasive procedures. The resistance of this organism to multiple antibiotics and the high incidence of polymicrobial bacteremia make it difficult to determine optimal therapeutic options. We experienced a case of neonatal bacterial meningitis causing by F. indologenes. So we report this case to evoke more concerns about the infections of this organism in human.

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