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Swimming with the Pigs: A Case of Severe Soft Tissue Infection during a Caribbean Vacation.

ABSTRACT: A 74-year-old man presented to the emergency department with severe right leg cellulitis following a trip to the Bahamas where he swam in both chlorinated pools and the ocean. His blood cultures grew Shewanella species, a marine pathogen known to cause disease in humans, following exposure to seawater. He was treated with cefepime for a total of two weeks without needing any surgical intervention. The patient had complete resolution of infection and was able to return to his activities of daily living.

SUBMITTER: Dretler AW

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6220401 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Swimming with the Pigs: A Case of Severe Soft Tissue Infection during a Caribbean Vacation.

Dretler Alexandra W AW Jacob Jesse T JT Rouphael Nadine G NG

Case reports in infectious diseases 20181024

A 74-year-old man presented to the emergency department with severe right leg cellulitis following a trip to the Bahamas where he swam in both chlorinated pools and the ocean. His blood cultures grew <i>Shewanella</i> species, a marine pathogen known to cause disease in humans, following exposure to seawater. He was treated with cefepime for a total of two weeks without needing any surgical intervention. The patient had complete resolution of infection and was able to return to his activities of ...[more]

PMID: 30473894

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Swimming with the Pigs: A Case of Severe Soft Tissue Infection during a Caribbean Vacation.

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Swimming with the Pigs: A Case of Severe Soft Tissue Infection during a Caribbean Vacation.

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