NCIt definition : A species of obligately aerobic, Gram negative, rod shaped bacterium in the phylum
Bacteroidetes. This species is catalase, oxidase and indole positive, does not reduce
nitrate, urease negative and hydrolyzes esculin. E. meningoceptica is pathogenic,
being the causative agent of meningitis in newborns.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Elizabethkingia
meningoceptica.;