Shewanella algae bacteraemia in a patient with a chronic ulcer after contact with seawater on vacation in Turkey: A case report from a German maximum-care hospital

Cara Symanzik; Jutta Esser; Niels Pfennigwerth; Christoph Reuter; Jan Bronnert; Matthias Grade

New Microbes and New Infections (Jul 2022)

Shewanella algae bacteraemia in a patient with a chronic ulcer after contact with seawater on vacation in Turkey: A case report from a German maximum-care hospital

Cara Symanzik,
Jutta Esser,
Niels Pfennigwerth,
Christoph Reuter,
Jan Bronnert,
Matthias Grade

Affiliations

Cara Symanzik: Institute for Interdisciplinary Dermatological Prevention and Rehabilitation (iDerm) at Osnabrück University, Osnabrück, Germany; Department of Dermatology, Environmental Medicine and Health Theory, Osnabrück University, Osnabrück, Germany; Corresponding author. Dr. rer. nat. Cara Symanzik Institute for Interdisciplinary Dermatological Prevention and Rehabilitation (iDerm) and Department of Dermatology, Environmental Medicine and Health Theory at Osnabrück University, Am Finkenhügel 7a, D-49076, Osnabrück, Germany.
Jutta Esser: Department of Dermatology, Environmental Medicine and Health Theory, Osnabrück University, Osnabrück, Germany; Laboratory Medical Practice Osnabrück, Georgsmarienhütte/Osnabrück, Germany
Niels Pfennigwerth: National Reference Centre for Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria, Department of Medical Microbiology, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany
Christoph Reuter: Department of General Surgey and Abdominal Surgery, Specialized Abdominal Surgery and Proctology, Christian Hospital of Quakenbrück, Quakenbrück, Germany
Jan Bronnert: Department of Pneumology and Infectiology, Christian Hospital of Quakenbrück, Quakenbrück, Germany
Matthias Grade: Department of Gastroenterology, General Internal Medicine and Infectiology, Christian Hospital of Quakenbrück, Quakenbrück, Germany

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 48
p. 101016

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After seawater baths in Antalya, Turkey, a 55-year-old man suffered from Shewanella algae bacteraemia. Imported/travel-related S. algae infections should be kept in mind, also in usually rather cold geographical areas, as patterns of seawater-associated bacilli infections might change due to warming of seawater caused by climate change.

Published in New Microbes and New Infections

ISSN: 2052-2975 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/new-microbes-and-new-infections

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