Abstract
We report a case of skin and soft tissue infection, peritonitis and bacteriemia in a 51-year-old drug abuse male. His wife found him lifeless lying on the kitchen floor at his residence. At the time of autopsy, multiple skin ulcers with deep soft tissue infection and peritonitis were found on gross examination. Cultures of postmortem blood and a swab of soft tissue were positive for Shewanella putrefaciens, a gram-negative bacterium that had been isolated from many foods, sewage and fresh and salt water. This is the first reported case in the United States of fatal skin and soft tissue infection, peritonitis and bacteremia caused by this micro-organism.
Highlights
Shewanella putrefaciens is gram-negative, motile bacillus found in various environmental and animal sources, including all forms of water and soil [1] [2]
We report a fatal skin and soft tissue infection, peritonitis and bacteremia caused by Shewanella putrefaciens in a 51-yearold drug abuse male
How to cite this paper: Zhao, C. and Jin, L. (2016) Fatal Skin and Soft Tissue Infection, Peritonitis and Bacteriemia Caused by Shewanella petrefaciens
Summary
Shewanella putrefaciens is gram-negative, motile bacillus found in various environmental and animal sources, including all forms of water and soil [1] [2]. It is not a common human pathogen and mostly found in a different variety of clinical specimens as mixed flora [1] [3] [4]. We report a fatal skin and soft tissue infection, peritonitis and bacteremia caused by Shewanella putrefaciens in a 51-yearold drug abuse male.
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