Swimming with the Pigs: A Case of Severe Soft Tissue Infection during a Caribbean Vacation

A 74-year-old man presented to the emergency department with severe right leg cellulitis following a trip to the Bahamas where he swam in both chlorinated pools and the ocean. His blood cultures grew Shewanella species, a marine pathogen known to cause disease in humans, following exposure to seawat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Dretler, Alexandra W., Jacob, Jesse T., Rouphael, Nadine G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6220401/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30473894
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/4092609

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6220401/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30473894
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/4092609

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