Ignatzschineria larvae Bacteremia in a Patient With Chronic Leg Ulcer: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Ignatzschineria larvae (I. larvae) is a bacterium found in the digestive tract of some flies. A few cases of bacteremia by I. larvae are described in the literature. We present the case of a patient with chronic leg ulcer and poor hygienic and social conditions, who presented with bacteremia from I....

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Autores principales: Demurtas, Saudina, Pareti, Emmanuela, Madanchi, Matiar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Dermatology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10123227/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37102037
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.36612
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author Demurtas, Saudina
Pareti, Emmanuela
Madanchi, Matiar
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Madanchi, Matiar
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description Ignatzschineria larvae (I. larvae) is a bacterium found in the digestive tract of some flies. A few cases of bacteremia by I. larvae are described in the literature. We present the case of a patient with chronic leg ulcer and poor hygienic and social conditions, who presented with bacteremia from I. larvae. As there are few cases described in the literature, there are no guidelines yet for the treatment of this bacteremia. We report a short review of the literature below.
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spelling pubmed-101232272023-04-25 Ignatzschineria larvae Bacteremia in a Patient With Chronic Leg Ulcer: A Case Report and Review of the Literature Demurtas, Saudina Pareti, Emmanuela Madanchi, Matiar Cureus Dermatology Ignatzschineria larvae (I. larvae) is a bacterium found in the digestive tract of some flies. A few cases of bacteremia by I. larvae are described in the literature. We present the case of a patient with chronic leg ulcer and poor hygienic and social conditions, who presented with bacteremia from I. larvae. As there are few cases described in the literature, there are no guidelines yet for the treatment of this bacteremia. We report a short review of the literature below. Cureus 2023-03-23 /pmc/articles/PMC10123227/ /pubmed/37102037 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.36612 Text en Copyright © 2023, Demurtas et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Dermatology
Demurtas, Saudina
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Madanchi, Matiar
Ignatzschineria larvae Bacteremia in a Patient With Chronic Leg Ulcer: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title Ignatzschineria larvae Bacteremia in a Patient With Chronic Leg Ulcer: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_full Ignatzschineria larvae Bacteremia in a Patient With Chronic Leg Ulcer: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_fullStr Ignatzschineria larvae Bacteremia in a Patient With Chronic Leg Ulcer: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_full_unstemmed Ignatzschineria larvae Bacteremia in a Patient With Chronic Leg Ulcer: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_short Ignatzschineria larvae Bacteremia in a Patient With Chronic Leg Ulcer: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_sort ignatzschineria larvae bacteremia in a patient with chronic leg ulcer: a case report and review of the literature
topic Dermatology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10123227/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37102037
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.36612
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