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Case Report
A Shewanella infection in burn patient from Saudi Arabia
1 Infectious Disease Division, Department of Internal Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2 Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
3 Department of Critical Care, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Fatimah A Alibrahim
Infectious Disease Division, Department of Internal Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh,
Saudi Arabia
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Article ID: 100007Z16FA2021
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Alibrahim FA, Alwan B, Baharoon S. A Shewanella infection in burn patient from Saudi Arabia. J Case Rep Images Infect Dis 2021;4:100007Z16FA2021.ABSTRACT
Introduction: Shewanella algae is a Gram-negative rod marine bacterium usually found in nonhuman sources and has been shown to be pathogenic in multiple human clinical cases mentioned in the literature.
Case Report: We here present a male patient who developed soft tissue infection in both upper and lower limbs after exposure to a flame burn in a plastic factory. After multiple debridements over a few days, the patient became febrile, and multiple tissue cultures from upper and lower limbs grew Shewanella algae. The patient was managed by more debridement and antibiotics. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case report of Shewanella algae in a burn patient worldwide.
Conclusion: Clinicians should be aware of this organism and its potential to cause infection.
Keywords: Burn, Shewanella, Shewanella algae, Soft tissue infection
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Fatimah A Alibrahim - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis of data, Interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
Bassam Alwan - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis of data, Interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
Salim Baharoon - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis of data, Interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
Guaranter of SubmissionThe corresponding author is the guarantor of submission.
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