Soft tissue infection and bacteremia caused by Shewanella putrefaciens

J Clin Microbiol. 2003 May;41(5):2240-1. doi: 10.1128/JCM.41.5.2240-2241.2003.

Abstract

Shewanella putrefaciens is as yet rarely responsible for clinical syndromes in humans. However, a case involving multiple organs in an elderly male under treatment with appropriate steroids confirms that attention should be devoted to unusual pathogens.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Bacteremia / drug therapy
  • Bacteremia / etiology*
  • Bacteremia / microbiology
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / drug therapy
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / etiology*
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Shewanella putrefaciens / drug effects
  • Shewanella putrefaciens / isolation & purification
  • Shewanella putrefaciens / pathogenicity*
  • Soft Tissue Infections / drug therapy
  • Soft Tissue Infections / etiology*
  • Soft Tissue Infections / microbiology