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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Published:	Malaysian Society for Parasitology 2019
Subjects:	QK Botany
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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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spellingShingle	QK Botany 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
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Cellulitis due to shewanella algae: crucial diagnostic clues from basic microbiological tests

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