Shewanella alga bacteremia in two patients with lower leg ulcers. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. [Clin Infect Dis] Journal article | | Title | Shewanella alga bacteremia in two patients with lower leg ulcers. | | Author(s) | Domínguez H, Vogel BF, Gram L, Hoffmann S, Schaebel S | | Institution | Department of Internal Medicine B, Hillerød Hospital, Denmark. | | Source | Clin Infect Dis 1996 Jun; 22(6):1036-9. | | MeSH | Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Ampicillin
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Bacteremia
Cefuroxime
Female
Gentamicins
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections
Gram-Negative Facultatively Anaerobic Rods
Humans
Leg
Male
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Skin Ulcer
| | Abstract | The first Danish cases of Shewanella alga bacteremia in two patients with chronic lower leg ulcers are reported. Both patients were admitted to the hospital during the same month of a very warm summer and had been exposed to the same marine environment, thereby suggesting the same source of infection. Both patients survived; however, one of them had extensive myonecrosis, while the other patient had an uncomplicated course. The strains were initially believed to be Shewanella putrefaciens on the basis of key characteristics and results of the API 20NE identification system (bioMérieux, Marcy l'Etoile, France), but further genetic and physiological analyses identified them as Shewanella alga. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Case Reports
Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 8783706 |
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