Cellulitis due to shewanella algae: crucial diagnostic clues from basic microbiological tests

Shewanella spp. are infrequently implicated in human infections but they are emerging pathogens with particular significance in regions with warm climates, such as Southeast Asia. This is a case of a middle-aged diabetic and hypertensive man who presented with worsening congestive heart failure s...

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Main Authors: Ding, Chuan Hun, Abdul Wahab, Asrul, Abdul Samat Muttaqillah, Najihan, Kamarudin, Norhidayah, W.R, Saarah
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spelling iium-792232020-02-27T08:06:26Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/79223/ Cellulitis due to shewanella algae: crucial diagnostic clues from basic microbiological tests Ding, Chuan Hun Abdul Wahab, Asrul Abdul Samat Muttaqillah, Najihan Kamarudin, Norhidayah W.R, Saarah QK Botany Shewanella spp. are infrequently implicated in human infections but they are emerging pathogens with particular significance in regions with warm climates, such as Southeast Asia. This is a case of a middle-aged diabetic and hypertensive man who presented with worsening congestive heart failure symptoms associated with fever and a painful right leg. His right leg had numerous scabs and was tender, warm and erythematous. He was provisionally diagnosed with decompensated heart failure precipitated by cellulitis and uncontrolled hypertension. His blood grew non-fermentative, oxidase-positive and motile gram-negative bacilli which produced hydrogen sulfide on triple sugar iron agar. When cultured on blood agar, mucoid and weakly β-haemolytic colonies were observed after 48 hours. API 20 NE named the isolate as Shewanella putrefaciens but 16S rRNA sequence analysis identified the organism as Shewanella algae. The patient was treated with a 10-day course of ceftazidime, which resulted in the resolution of the cellulitis. Malaysian Society for Parasitology 2019 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/79223/1/79223_Cellulitis%20due%20to%20shewanella%20algae.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/79223/2/79223_Cellulitis%20due%20to%20shewanella%20algae_SCOPUS.pdf Ding, Chuan Hun and Abdul Wahab, Asrul and Abdul Samat Muttaqillah, Najihan and Kamarudin, Norhidayah and W.R, Saarah (2019) Cellulitis due to shewanella algae: crucial diagnostic clues from basic microbiological tests. Tropical Biomedicine, 36 (4). pp. 883-887. ISSN 01275720 http://msptm.org/files/Vol36No4/883-887-Ding-CH.pdf
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topic QK Botany
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Ding, Chuan Hun
Abdul Wahab, Asrul
Abdul Samat Muttaqillah, Najihan
Kamarudin, Norhidayah
W.R, Saarah
Cellulitis due to shewanella algae: crucial diagnostic clues from basic microbiological tests
description Shewanella spp. are infrequently implicated in human infections but they are emerging pathogens with particular significance in regions with warm climates, such as Southeast Asia. This is a case of a middle-aged diabetic and hypertensive man who presented with worsening congestive heart failure symptoms associated with fever and a painful right leg. His right leg had numerous scabs and was tender, warm and erythematous. He was provisionally diagnosed with decompensated heart failure precipitated by cellulitis and uncontrolled hypertension. His blood grew non-fermentative, oxidase-positive and motile gram-negative bacilli which produced hydrogen sulfide on triple sugar iron agar. When cultured on blood agar, mucoid and weakly β-haemolytic colonies were observed after 48 hours. API 20 NE named the isolate as Shewanella putrefaciens but 16S rRNA sequence analysis identified the organism as Shewanella algae. The patient was treated with a 10-day course of ceftazidime, which resulted in the resolution of the cellulitis.
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author Ding, Chuan Hun
Abdul Wahab, Asrul
Abdul Samat Muttaqillah, Najihan
Kamarudin, Norhidayah
W.R, Saarah
author_facet Ding, Chuan Hun
Abdul Wahab, Asrul
Abdul Samat Muttaqillah, Najihan
Kamarudin, Norhidayah
W.R, Saarah
author_sort Ding, Chuan Hun
title Cellulitis due to shewanella algae: crucial diagnostic clues from basic microbiological tests
title_short Cellulitis due to shewanella algae: crucial diagnostic clues from basic microbiological tests
title_full Cellulitis due to shewanella algae: crucial diagnostic clues from basic microbiological tests
title_fullStr Cellulitis due to shewanella algae: crucial diagnostic clues from basic microbiological tests
title_full_unstemmed Cellulitis due to shewanella algae: crucial diagnostic clues from basic microbiological tests
title_sort cellulitis due to shewanella algae: crucial diagnostic clues from basic microbiological tests
publisher Malaysian Society for Parasitology
publishDate 2019
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/79223/
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/79223/1/79223_Cellulitis%20due%20to%20shewanella%20algae.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/79223/2/79223_Cellulitis%20due%20to%20shewanella%20algae_SCOPUS.pdf
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