Linde, Hans-Joerg and Kobuch, Reinhard and Jayasinghe, Sylvia and Reischl, Udo and Lehn, Norbert and Kaulfuss, S. and Beutin, L. (2004) Vibrio metschnikovii, a rare cause of wound infection. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY, 42 (10). pp. 4909-4911. ISSN 0095-1137,
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We report the first case of a postoperative wound infection caused by Vibrio metschnikovii on the lower right leg of a patient after saphenectomy. Compared to the healing of an uninfected site, that of the right leg was delayed, and a cure was achieved by intensified wound care. Several swabs taken from the infected site grew a gram-negative rod in pure culture that was identified as V. metschnikovii by the VITEK 2 system. The source of the infection was not detected; however, the absence of putative risk factors (exposure to water or shellfish or an episode of diarrhea), the profession of the patient (butcher), and the isolation of V. metschnikovii in a variety of farm animals (chicken, cattle, swine, and horses) suggest that infections caused by V. metschnikovii may be regarded as zoonotic.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | ESCHERICHIA-COLI; BACTEREMIA; PATIENT; TOXIN; GENES; PCR; |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Herz-, Thorax- und herznahe Gefäßchirurgie Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Jun 2021 05:46 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Jun 2021 05:46 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/37133 |
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