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SUBMITTER: Kim BK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4285008 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kim Bo Kyoung BK Cho Sung-Yeon SY Kang Borami B Kim Il-Kyu IK Byun Ji-Hyun JH Park Chulmin C Choi Su-Mi SM
Infection & chemotherapy 20141229 4
Human infection caused by Shewanella algae is rare, which usually occurred after direct contact with seawater or ingestion of raw seafood in the immunocompromised host. There have been anecdotal reports about Shewanella infections in human, but their pathogenic role and microbiologic data are limited. Here, we report a fatal case of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis with bacteremia due to S. algae in a 57-year-old male with liver cirrhosis who had no history of exposure to seawater or raw seafoo ...[more]