Severe Wound Infection with Photobacterium damselae ssp. damselae and Vibrio harveyi, following a Laceration Injury in Marine Environment : A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Joint Authors
Haag, Heike
Thurig, Steffi
Hundenborn, Jörg
Nolte, Oliver
Kommerell, Mechthild
Source
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-09-19
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Marine microorganisms are uncommon etiologies of skin and skin structure infections, that is, wound infections.
We report a case of severe wound infection, caused by the marine Photobacterium damselae (Vibrionaceae), in a 64-year-old male patient, returning from Australia.
The isolate tested positive for pPHDD1, a plasmid conferring high-level virulence.
Furthermore, the wound was coinfected with Vibrio harveyi, a halophile bacterium, which has never been reported from human infections before.
Identification was achieved by use of Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF) and confirmed by 16S rDNA sequencing.
Data retrieval from bibliography was complicated since P.
damselae has been renamed often with a number of synonyms present in the literature: Photobacterium damsela, Vibrio damselae, Vibrio damsela, Pasteurella damselae, and Listonella damsela.
With all synonyms used as query terms, a literature search provided less than 20 cases published worldwide.
A majority of those cases presenting as severe wound infection are even fatal following progression into necrotizing fasciitis.
Management with daily wound dressing and antibiotic therapy (ofloxacin empirically, followed by doxycycline after availability of microbiology) led in the reported case to a favorable outcome, which seems to be, however, the exception based on a review of the available literature.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Hundenborn, Jörg& Thurig, Steffi& Kommerell, Mechthild& Haag, Heike& Nolte, Oliver. 2013. Severe Wound Infection with Photobacterium damselae ssp. damselae and Vibrio harveyi, following a Laceration Injury in Marine Environment : A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Case Reports in Medicine،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-7.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Hundenborn, Jörg…[et al.]. Severe Wound Infection with Photobacterium damselae ssp. damselae and Vibrio harveyi, following a Laceration Injury in Marine Environment : A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Case Reports in Medicine No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-7.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Hundenborn, Jörg& Thurig, Steffi& Kommerell, Mechthild& Haag, Heike& Nolte, Oliver. Severe Wound Infection with Photobacterium damselae ssp. damselae and Vibrio harveyi, following a Laceration Injury in Marine Environment : A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Case Reports in Medicine. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-7.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-484974