Primary Shewanella algae Bacteremia Mimicking Vibrio Septicemia

Shewanella algae infections are rare in humans. Previously reported cases of S. algae have mainly been associated with direct contact with seawater. We report a case of primary S. algae bacteremia occurring after the ingestion of raw seafood in a patient with liver cirrhosis that presented a fulmine...

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Autores principales: Myung, Dae Seong, Jung, Young-Sun, Kang, Seung-Ji, Song, Young A, Park, Kyung-Hwa, Jung, Sook-In, Kim, Soo Hyun, Shin, Jong-Hee
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Publicado: The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences 2009
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2775873/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19949681
http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2009.24.6.1192
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author Myung, Dae Seong
Jung, Young-Sun
Kang, Seung-Ji
Song, Young A
Park, Kyung-Hwa
Jung, Sook-In
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Song, Young A
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description Shewanella algae infections are rare in humans. Previously reported cases of S. algae have mainly been associated with direct contact with seawater. We report a case of primary S. algae bacteremia occurring after the ingestion of raw seafood in a patient with liver cirrhosis that presented a fulminent course of necrotizing fasciitis.
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spelling pubmed-27758732009-12-01 Primary Shewanella algae Bacteremia Mimicking Vibrio Septicemia Myung, Dae Seong Jung, Young-Sun Kang, Seung-Ji Song, Young A Park, Kyung-Hwa Jung, Sook-In Kim, Soo Hyun Shin, Jong-Hee J Korean Med Sci Case Report Shewanella algae infections are rare in humans. Previously reported cases of S. algae have mainly been associated with direct contact with seawater. We report a case of primary S. algae bacteremia occurring after the ingestion of raw seafood in a patient with liver cirrhosis that presented a fulminent course of necrotizing fasciitis. The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences 2009-12 2009-11-09 /pmc/articles/PMC2775873/ /pubmed/19949681 http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2009.24.6.1192 Text en Copyright © 2009 The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Myung, Dae Seong
Jung, Young-Sun
Kang, Seung-Ji
Song, Young A
Park, Kyung-Hwa
Jung, Sook-In
Kim, Soo Hyun
Shin, Jong-Hee
Primary Shewanella algae Bacteremia Mimicking Vibrio Septicemia
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title_fullStr Primary Shewanella algae Bacteremia Mimicking Vibrio Septicemia
title_full_unstemmed Primary Shewanella algae Bacteremia Mimicking Vibrio Septicemia
title_short Primary Shewanella algae Bacteremia Mimicking Vibrio Septicemia
title_sort primary shewanella algae bacteremia mimicking vibrio septicemia
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