[Soft tissue infection associated with bacteremia caused by Shewanella putrefaciens]

N Rouzic; G Héry-Arnaud; S Jaffuel; B Garo; C Payan; M Garré

doi:10.1016/j.patbio.2011.04.005

[Soft tissue infection associated with bacteremia caused by Shewanella putrefaciens]

Pathol Biol (Paris). 2012 Jun;60(3):e27-9. doi: 10.1016/j.patbio.2011.04.005. Epub 2011 May 26.

[Article in French]

Authors

N Rouzic¹, G Héry-Arnaud, S Jaffuel, B Garo, C Payan, M Garré

Affiliation

¹ Service des maladies infectieuses, CHU, université de Bretagne Occidentale, 29609 Brest cedex, France. [email protected]

PMID: 21616609
DOI: 10.1016/j.patbio.2011.04.005

Abstract

Shewanella putrefaciens is rarely involved in human infectious disease. We report here a case of soft tissue infection with bacteremia on a patient with risk factors (liver cirrhosis, diabetes mellitus).

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Bacteremia / diagnosis
Bacteremia / etiology*
Diabetes Complications / etiology
Diabetes Complications / microbiology
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / complications*
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / diagnosis
Humans
Liver Cirrhosis / complications
Liver Cirrhosis / microbiology
Male
Shewanella putrefaciens / isolation & purification
Shewanella putrefaciens / physiology*
Soft Tissue Infections / diagnosis
Soft Tissue Infections / etiology*