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SUBMITTER: Deslandes V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7525056 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Deslandes Vincent V Haney Colleen C Bernard Kathryn K Desjardins Marc M
Access microbiology 20191115 1
An elderly patient was admitted with sepsis to a community hospital. The individual was found to have a foot wound infested with maggots, and clinical evidence of cellulitis. A blood culture was positive on day 2 with <i>Ignatzschineria indica</i> . The patient was treated successfully with a combination of antibiotics and manual removal of the maggots. Poor living conditions were central to his presentation. ...[more]