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Case Report
Aeromonas veronii co-infection eye and skin: Case report
1 Infectious Disease Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Dammam Medical Complex, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
2 Department of Internal Medicine, Dammam Medical Complex, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
3 Department of Microbiology, Regional Lab and Blood Bank of Dammam, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
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Fatimah Alibrahim
Infectious Diseases Division, Department of Medicine, Dammam Medical Complex, Dammam,
Saudi Arabia
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Article ID: 100008Z16FA2021
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Alibrahim FA, Moqebel A, Alaish M. Aeromonas veronii co-infection eye and skin: Case report. J Case Rep Images Infect Dis 2021;4:100008Z16FA2021.ABSTRACT
Introduction: Aeromonas species are uncommon pathogens in sepsis and cause substantial mortality if not treated. Asia has the highest incidence of infection from Aeromonas, but no reports from Saudi Arabia. Also, this organism causes a combination of eye and skin infections.
Case Report: We here present a Bangladeshi male patient who developed bilateral eye globe rupture with thigh cellulitis, found after investigations that he was infected with Aeromonas veronii that grows in blood and skin culture.
Conclusion: This is a rare case of infection, probably the first to be reported in Saudi Arabia, caused by A. veronii in the eye following lower limb cellulitis. A finding of Aeromonas must alert the clinician to the possibility of severe sepsis.
Keywords: Aeromonas veronii, Bacteremia, Eye infection, Sepsis
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Fatimah Alibrahim - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
Abeer Moqebel - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Analysis of data, Drafting the article, Final approval of the version to be published
Moneer Alaish - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Analysis of data, Drafting the article, Final approval of the version to be published
Guaranter of SubmissionThe corresponding author is the guarantor of submission.
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Data AvailabilityAll relevant data are within the paper and its Supporting Information files.
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