Neonatal Elizabethkingia anophelis meningitis originating from the water reservoir of an automated infant milk dispenser, the Netherlands, February 2024

• Published in: Euro surveillance : bulletin européen sur les maladies transmissibles Vol. 29; no. 14; p. 1
• Main Authors: Brandsema, B Ruben, Fleurke, Ger-Jan, Rosema, Sigrid, Schins, Eke Mw, Helfferich, Jelte, Bathoorn, Erik
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sweden Centre Europeen pour la Surveillance Epidemiologique du SIDA (European Centre for the Epidemiological Monitoring of AIDS) 04-04-2024; European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
• Subjects: Adult; Animals; Babies; Comorbidity; Flavobacteriaceae; Flavobacteriaceae Infections - diagnosis; Flavobacteriaceae Infections - drug therapy; Flavobacteriaceae Infections - epidemiology; Genome, Bacterial; Health surveillance; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Meningitis; Milk; Multidrug resistant organisms; Netherlands; Newborn babies; Rapid Communication; Netherlands; molecular epidemiology; surveillance; Elizabethkingia anophelis; meningitis
• ISSN: 1560-7917; 1025-496X; 1560-7917
• DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2024.29.14.2400177

is a multidrug-resistant pathogen causing high mortality and morbidity in adults with comorbidities and neonates. We report a Dutch case of
meningitis in a neonate, clonally related to samples taken from an automated infant milk dispenser located at the family's residence. We inform about the emergence of
and suggest molecular surveillance in hospitals and other health settings. This is the first case connecting an automated formula dispenser to an invasive infection in a neonate.