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Vibrio metschnikovii, a rare cause of wound infection.


ABSTRACT: We report the first case of a postoperative wound infection caused by Vibrio metschnikovii on the lower right leg of a patient after saphenectomy. Compared to the healing of an uninfected site, that of the right leg was delayed, and a cure was achieved by intensified wound care. Several swabs taken from the infected site grew a gram-negative rod in pure culture that was identified as V. metschnikovii by the VITEK 2 system. The source of the infection was not detected; however, the absence of putative risk factors (exposure to water or shellfish or an episode of diarrhea), the profession of the patient (butcher), and the isolation of V. metschnikovii in a variety of farm animals (chicken, cattle, swine, and horses) suggest that infections caused by V. metschnikovii may be regarded as zoonotic.

SUBMITTER: Linde HJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC522296 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Vibrio metschnikovii, a rare cause of wound infection.

Linde Hans-Jörg HJ   Kobuch Reinhard R   Jayasinghe Sylvia S   Reischl Udo U   Lehn Norbert N   Kaulfuss Stefan S   Beutin Lothar L  

Journal of clinical microbiology 20041001 10


We report the first case of a postoperative wound infection caused by Vibrio metschnikovii on the lower right leg of a patient after saphenectomy. Compared to the healing of an uninfected site, that of the right leg was delayed, and a cure was achieved by intensified wound care. Several swabs taken from the infected site grew a gram-negative rod in pure culture that was identified as V. metschnikovii by the VITEK 2 system. The source of the infection was not detected; however, the absence of put  ...[more]

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