Affiliations: Department of Pediatrics, Kasturba Medical College,
Manipal University, Manipal Udupi District, Karnataka, India | Department of Microbiology, Kasturba Medical College,
Manipal University, Manipal Udupi District, Karnataka, India
Note: [] Correspondence: Dr. Ramesh Y. Bhat, MD, %Associate Professor,
Department of Pediatrics, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University,
Manipal, Udupi District, Karnataka 576104, India. Tel.: +91 9448296564; Fax:
+91 820 2571934; E-mail: docrameshbhat@yahoo.co.in
Abstract: The common bacterial causes of neonatal meningitis are group B
Streptococcus, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella and Listeria.
Meningitis due to Alcaligenes in neonates is exceptional. Difficulties in
its diagnosis and treatment with high mortality have been scarcely reported. We
describe meningitis in a neonate due to multidrug resistant Alcaligenes.
With sensitive antibiotic therapy, the neonate has survived but found to have
severe neurological sequelae on follow up.
