Elizabethkingia meningoseptica

Record number: 
13
Adverse Occurrence type: 
MPHO Type: 
Estimated frequency: 
2 reported cases
Time to detection: 
2 days - 3 months
Alerting signals, symptoms, evidence of occurrence: 
Recipient 1: fever, effusion and warmth at operative site, no erythema; recipient 2: effusion at operative site and pain, later developing fever
Demonstration of imputability or root cause: 
Proven. Recipient infection and organism at contaminating facility were genetic matches.
Imputability grade: 
3 Definite/Certain/Proven
Suggest references: 
AAA