A WEB-SURFER'S GUIDE TO BACTERIA ASSOCIATED WITH INFECTIONS IN HUMANS
Species associated with infection - C. gleum, C. indologenes, C. meningosepticum
Reported infections - bacteraemia, meningitis, abdominal sepsis, wound infection, line infection
Reported susceptibilities and treatments - minocycline, fluoroquinolones, rifampicin
Notes - variable susceptibilities - may be multiresistant - previously classified as Flavobacterium spp.
References - Thong, M.L., Puthucheary, S.D., Lee, E.L. (1981). Flavobacterium meningosepticum infection: an epidemiological study in a newborn nursery. J. clin. Pathol. 34, 429-433. - Hsueh, P.R., Teng, L.J., Yang, P.C., Ho, S.W., Hsieh, W.C., Luh, K.T. (1997). Increasing incidence of nosocomial Chryseobacterium indologenes infections in Taiwan. Eur. J. clin. Microbiol. infect. Dis. 16,568-574.
