Volume 25, Number 1—January 2019
Research
Risk Factors for Elizabethkingia Acquisition and Clinical Characteristics of Patients, South Korea
Min Hyuk Choi, Myungsook Kim, Su Jin Jeong, Jun Yong Choi1
, In-Yong Lee, Tai-Soon Yong, Dongeun Yong, Seok Hoon Jeong, and Kyungwon Lee1
, In-Yong Lee, Tai-Soon Yong, Dongeun Yong, Seok Hoon Jeong, and Kyungwon Lee1
Table 1
Annual incidence and characteristics of Elizabethkingia acquisitions at a tertiary teaching hospital, Seoul, South Korea
| Characteristic | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 Jan–Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. cases |
2 |
2 |
10 |
23 |
29 |
39 |
30 |
84 |
50 |
| Incidence | |||||||||
| Per 1 million inpatient-days | 2.93 | 2.98 | 14.60 | 33.14 | 42.43 | 55.74 | 40.66 | 109.82 | 127.79 |
| Per 1,000 inpatients |
0.02 |
0.02 |
0.10 |
0.23 |
0.30 |
0.39 |
0.28 |
0.75 |
0.88 |
| Sample type, no., may be multiple | |||||||||
| Respiratory | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 25 | 27 | 26 | 76 | 48 |
| Blood culture | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Urine culture | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Other* |
0 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
7 |
2 |
6 |
1 |
| Species, no. | |||||||||
| E. anophelis | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 45 | 34 |
| E miricola | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 12 |
| E. meningoseptica | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Unconfirmed† | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 2 |
*Includes 12 from body fluids, 4 wound swabs, 3 catheter tips, 2 oral swabs, 1 eye swab, and 1 ear swab.
†Includes strains that were not stored for identification.
1These authors contributed equally to this article.
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