A case of leech-associated infection involving an extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing and extensively drug-resistant Aeromonas hydrophila

Clin Microbiol Infect. 2019 Mar;25(3):394-395. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2018.11.006. Epub 2018 Nov 22.

Authors

Q Floug¹, R Sinna², A Fillatre³, P Plésiat⁴, F Hamdad⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical Bacteriology, Amiens-Picardie University Hospital, France.
² Department of Plastic Surgery, Amiens-Picardie University Hospital, France.
³ Department of Pharmacy, Amiens-Picardie University Hospital, France.
⁴ Department of Clinical Bacteriology, University Hospital Besançon, France.
⁵ Department of Clinical Bacteriology, Amiens-Picardie University Hospital, France. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 30472419
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2018.11.006

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aeromonas hydrophila / drug effects*
Aeromonas hydrophila / enzymology
Animals
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial*
Female
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / etiology*
Humans
Leeches / microbiology*
Leeching / adverse effects*
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Middle Aged
Polymerase Chain Reaction
beta-Lactamases

Substances

beta-Lactamases