Case Report: Shewanella Algae Pneumonia and Bacteremia in an Elderly Male Living at a Long-Term Care Facility

Autor:	Tiffany T Oommen, Javier Barranco-Trabi, Thomas J Weiss, Cameron Ryan, Aaron Brown, Victoria Mank
Rok vydání:	2022
Předmět:	biology business.industry Aquatic ecosystem Hepatobiliary disease Sewage Shewanella algae biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Shewanella Article Microbiology Infectious Diseases Algae Virology Bacteremia medicine Parasitology business Pneumonia (non-human)
Zdroj:	The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
ISSN:	1476-1645 0002-9637
DOI:	10.4269/ajtmh.21-0614
Popis:	Shewanella algae is a gram-negative, nonfermenting, oxidase-positive, motile bacillus that is ubiquitous in aquatic ecosystems. Human infections are rare and the immunocompromised are left most vulnerable. Risk factors for this infection include exposure to seawater, consumption of raw seafood, and underlying comorbid conditions such as hepatobiliary disease and chronic cutaneous ulcers. Previously documented cases of S. algae have involved near drownings, contaminated raw shellfish, or wound exposure to seawater, mud, sand, and sewage. This case study is unique in that it describes Shewanella bacteremia without any of these typical preceding exposures. We present a case of S. algae pneumonia and bacteremia in an elderly male patient living at a long-term care facility without any recent open water exposure.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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