Surgical Site Infection by Shewanella algae After Major Surgery in a Patient With Colorectal Cancer: Case Report

Surgical site infections are a common complication in the management of patients with solid cancer tumors in cytotoxic chemotherapy. The antibiotic combination chosen depends on the neoadjuvant therapy used and the anatomical site and extent of the surgery. In this brief report, we describe a surgic...

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Autores principales: Rodriguez-Vargas, Cristel M, Pachar-Flores, Monica R, Espinosa, Irene, Cherigo, Eliecer
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9009991/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35444888
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.23158
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author Rodriguez-Vargas, Cristel M
Pachar-Flores, Monica R
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description Surgical site infections are a common complication in the management of patients with solid cancer tumors in cytotoxic chemotherapy. The antibiotic combination chosen depends on the neoadjuvant therapy used and the anatomical site and extent of the surgery. In this brief report, we describe a surgical site infection caused by an unusual microorganism and a succinct review of the pathogen's behavior.
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spelling pubmed-90099912022-04-19 Surgical Site Infection by Shewanella algae After Major Surgery in a Patient With Colorectal Cancer: Case Report Rodriguez-Vargas, Cristel M Pachar-Flores, Monica R Espinosa, Irene Cherigo, Eliecer Cureus Internal Medicine Surgical site infections are a common complication in the management of patients with solid cancer tumors in cytotoxic chemotherapy. The antibiotic combination chosen depends on the neoadjuvant therapy used and the anatomical site and extent of the surgery. In this brief report, we describe a surgical site infection caused by an unusual microorganism and a succinct review of the pathogen's behavior. Cureus 2022-03-14 /pmc/articles/PMC9009991/ /pubmed/35444888 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.23158 Text en Copyright © 2022, Rodriguez-Vargas et al. https://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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Rodriguez-Vargas, Cristel M
Pachar-Flores, Monica R
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Surgical Site Infection by Shewanella algae After Major Surgery in a Patient With Colorectal Cancer: Case Report
title Surgical Site Infection by Shewanella algae After Major Surgery in a Patient With Colorectal Cancer: Case Report
title_full Surgical Site Infection by Shewanella algae After Major Surgery in a Patient With Colorectal Cancer: Case Report
title_fullStr Surgical Site Infection by Shewanella algae After Major Surgery in a Patient With Colorectal Cancer: Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Surgical Site Infection by Shewanella algae After Major Surgery in a Patient With Colorectal Cancer: Case Report
title_short Surgical Site Infection by Shewanella algae After Major Surgery in a Patient With Colorectal Cancer: Case Report
title_sort surgical site infection by shewanella algae after major surgery in a patient with colorectal cancer: case report
topic Internal Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9009991/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35444888
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.23158
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