Severe cellulitis and bacteremia caused by Plesiomonas shigelloides following a traumatic freshwater injury

Plesiomonas shigelloides is a gram-negative bacillus that most commonly causes self-limited diarrhea in humans. Extraintestinal manifestations of P. shigelloides, including skin and soft tissue infections, are extremely uncommon. We present a case of severe cellulitis and bacteremia in an 80-year-ol...

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Autores principales: Pennycook, Kevin M., Pennycook, Keith B., McCready, Tess A., Kazanowski, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7093739/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32226752
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2019.e00637
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Sumario:Plesiomonas shigelloides is a gram-negative bacillus that most commonly causes self-limited diarrhea in humans. Extraintestinal manifestations of P. shigelloides, including skin and soft tissue infections, are extremely uncommon. We present a case of severe cellulitis and bacteremia in an 80-year-old female caused by Plesiomonas shigelloides following a traumatic freshwater injury in Michigan, USA

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