First case of Chlorella wound infection in a human in Australia

A 30-year-old man developed an infected knee wound 2 days after jumping his bicycle into a freshwater dam. He required repeated debridement and tissue grew bright green colonies typical of the alga Chlorella plus Aeromonas hydrophila. This, and one previously reported case, responded to surgical deb...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Hart, J, Mooney, L, Arthur, I, Inglis, T J J, Murray, R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BlackWell Publishing Ltd 2014
Materias:
New Microbes in Humans - New Resistant Microbes in Humans
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4184583/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25356359
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nmi2.50
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Sumario:A 30-year-old man developed an infected knee wound 2 days after jumping his bicycle into a freshwater dam. He required repeated debridement and tissue grew bright green colonies typical of the alga Chlorella plus Aeromonas hydrophila. This, and one previously reported case, responded to surgical debridement and careful wound management.

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