Chryseobacterium meningosepticum outbreak associated with colonisation of water taps in a neonatal intensive care unit

Antimicrobial susceptibility of uncommonly isolated non-enteric Gram-negative bacilli

“…Environmental studies have revealed that these organisms can survive in chlorine treated municipal water supplies often colonising sink basins and taps creating potential reservoirs for infections inside hospital environs. Frequent colonisation of patients via fluid contaminated medical devices has been documented [32,33], and contaminated surgically implanted devices have also been reported [34]. In other clinical settings, chryseobacteria have been described as aetiological agents of meningitis, bacteraemia, pneumonia, endocarditis, skin and soft tissue, ocular and others infections [35].…”