Invasive paediatric Elizabethkingia meningoseptica infections are best treated with a combination of piperacillin/tazobactam and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole or fluoroquinolone.

CONCLUSIONS: Treatment with combination therapy of piperacillin/tazobactam and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole or a fluroquinolone was effective in this study, with low mortality rates being observed. PMID: 31199227 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31199227?dopt=Abstract

Source: Journal of Medical Microbiology - June 13, 2019 Category: Microbiology Authors: Chan JC, Chong CY, Thoon KC, Tee NWS, Maiwald M, Lam JCM, Bhattacharya R, Chandran S, Yung CF, Tan NWH Tags: J Med Microbiol Source Type: research