TY - JOUR
T1 - Shewanella alga bacteremia in two patients with lower leg ulcers
AU - Domínguez, H.
AU - Vogel, Birte Fonnesbech
AU - Gram, Lone
AU - Hoffmann, S.
AU - Schaebel, S.
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - 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 (bioMerieux, Marcy l'Etoile, France), but further genetic and physiological analyses identified them as Shewanella alga.
AB - 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 (bioMerieux, Marcy l'Etoile, France), but further genetic and physiological analyses identified them as Shewanella alga.
KW - Mikrobiologi og hygiejne
M3 - Journal article
VL - 22
SP - 1036
EP - 1039
JO - Clinical Infectious Diseases
JF - Clinical Infectious Diseases
SN - 1058-4838
IS - 6
ER -
