Affiliations: Department of Infectious Diseases, Dalhousie
University, IWK Health Centre, Halifax, NS, Canada | Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary,
Hospital, Calgary, AB, Canada
Note: [] Correspondence: Jennifer Smith, MDCM, MSc, MPhil, Fellow,
Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Canadian Center for Vaccinology, IWK Health
Center, 5850/5980 University Ave, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3K 6R8. Tel: +1
902 470 6850; Fax: +1 902 470 7232; E-mail: jcsmith@dal.ca
Abstract: Chryseobacterium indologenes (C. indologenes) is a rarely
described clinical isolate, especially in pediatric patients. We report the
second case of C. indologenes isolated from a neonatal endotracheal tube
in an infant with Escherichia coli septicemia. The challenge of
distinguishing colonization, contamination and infection for this microorganism
is discussed. Additionally, the resistance of C. indologenes to
antibiotics used in pediatric medicine is raised as a significant challenge for
therapeutic measures. We review nine cases of pediatric C. indologenes
infection published in the English medical literature. C. indologenes is
likely of low pathogenicity in the pediatric population.
