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21 September 2017 : Case report  Saudi Arabia

Elizabethkingia Meningoseptica in a Case of Biliary Tract Infection Following Liver Transplantation

Rare disease

Hebah M. Musalem1ABCDEFG*, Yazan N. Honjol1ABCDEFG, Lin M. Tuleimat1ABCDEFG, Saleh I. Al Abbad2ACE, Fahad I. Alsohaibani3ADE

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.905247

Am J Case Rep 2017; 18:1014-1019

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Elizabethkingia meningoseptica (E. meningoseptica) is an aerobic Gram-negative bacillus known to thrive in moist environments, and is now recognized as a hospital-acquired infection, being found to contaminate hospital equipment, respiratory apparatus, hospital solutions, water, and drainage systems. Nosocomial infection with E. meningoseptica occurs in immunocompromised patients, requires specialized identification methods, and is resistant to conventional antibiotics. We report a case of E. meningoseptica infection arising from a percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD) tube.

CASE REPORT: A 55-year-old Saudi woman underwent liver transplantation. The post-operative period immediately following transplantation was complicated by anastomotic biliary stricture and bile leak, which was managed with percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography (PTC) with PTBD. She developed right upper quadrant abdominal pain, and her ultrasound (US) showed a subdiaphragmatic collection. Microbial culture from the PTBD tube was positive for E. meningoseptica, which was treated with intravenous ciprofloxacin and metronidazole. This case is the second identified infection with E. meningoseptica at our specialist center, fifteen years after isolating the first case in a hemodialysis patient. We believe that this is the first case of E. meningoseptica infection to be reported in a liver transplant patient.

CONCLUSIONS: The emerging nosocomial infectious organism, E. meningoseptica is being seen more often on hospital equipment and medical devices and in water. This case report highlights the need for awareness of this infection in hospitalized immunocompromised patients and the appropriate identification and management of infection with E. meningoseptica.

Keywords: Biliary Tract Diseases, Corynebacterium, Cross Infection, Liver Transplantation, Saudi Arabia

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American Journal of Case Reports eISSN: 1941-5923
American Journal of Case Reports eISSN: 1941-5923