Non-Necrotizing Bullous Cellulitis and Bacteremia: A Rare Presentation of the Shewanella Algae Infection

A 58-year-old male with severe psoriasis on Risankizumab presented with painful, left leg swelling with erythema and blisters concerning for necrotizing fasciitis. Intraoperative findings showed non-necrotizing bullous cellulitis. The blood and tissue cultures grew Shewanella algae. A handful case o...

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Autores principales: Ojha, Niranjan, Walsh, Kevin, Hess, Matthew J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7889438/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33628648
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.12776
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description A 58-year-old male with severe psoriasis on Risankizumab presented with painful, left leg swelling with erythema and blisters concerning for necrotizing fasciitis. Intraoperative findings showed non-necrotizing bullous cellulitis. The blood and tissue cultures grew Shewanella algae. A handful case of non-necrotizing bullous cellulitis has been reported but this is the first documented case of non-necrotizing bullous cellulitis and bacteremia in PubMed.
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spelling pubmed-78894382021-02-23 Non-Necrotizing Bullous Cellulitis and Bacteremia: A Rare Presentation of the Shewanella Algae Infection Ojha, Niranjan Walsh, Kevin Hess, Matthew J Cureus Internal Medicine A 58-year-old male with severe psoriasis on Risankizumab presented with painful, left leg swelling with erythema and blisters concerning for necrotizing fasciitis. Intraoperative findings showed non-necrotizing bullous cellulitis. The blood and tissue cultures grew Shewanella algae. A handful case of non-necrotizing bullous cellulitis has been reported but this is the first documented case of non-necrotizing bullous cellulitis and bacteremia in PubMed. Cureus 2021-01-18 /pmc/articles/PMC7889438/ /pubmed/33628648 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.12776 Text en Copyright © 2021, Ojha et al. http://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.
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Ojha, Niranjan
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Non-Necrotizing Bullous Cellulitis and Bacteremia: A Rare Presentation of the Shewanella Algae Infection
title Non-Necrotizing Bullous Cellulitis and Bacteremia: A Rare Presentation of the Shewanella Algae Infection
title_full Non-Necrotizing Bullous Cellulitis and Bacteremia: A Rare Presentation of the Shewanella Algae Infection
title_fullStr Non-Necrotizing Bullous Cellulitis and Bacteremia: A Rare Presentation of the Shewanella Algae Infection
title_full_unstemmed Non-Necrotizing Bullous Cellulitis and Bacteremia: A Rare Presentation of the Shewanella Algae Infection
title_short Non-Necrotizing Bullous Cellulitis and Bacteremia: A Rare Presentation of the Shewanella Algae Infection
title_sort non-necrotizing bullous cellulitis and bacteremia: a rare presentation of the shewanella algae infection
topic Internal Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7889438/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33628648
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.12776
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