Abstract

An 18-month-old boy was hospitalized with left hand cellulitis and lymphangitis following a dog bite that was contaminated with soil. Cultures grew pink colonies of Gram-negative bacilli identified as Methylobacterium mesophilicum .H e was treated with local debridement and intravenous ampicillin/sulbactam followed by oral amoxicillin/clavulanate with complete resolution of symptoms.

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