Ventilator-associated pneumonia due to<i>Shewanella putrefaciens</i>

Tucker, Calvin; Baroso, Genelyn; Tan, Paul

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“…Shewanella species are marine bacteria but have been reported as rare human pathogens (Holt et al, 2005). The most common Shewanella species associated with human infections are S. algae and S. putrefaciens (Holt et al, 2005), both of which have been identified as the cause of a variety of infections such as bacteraemia, pneumonia, meningitis and soft tissue infection (Brink et al, 1995;Jorens et al, 2004;Pagani et al, 2003;Tucker et al, 2010;Yilmaz et al, 2007). However, the species identification of previous reports was generally performed using biochemical reactions or commercially supplied automated microbiology systems.…”

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Nosocomial peripancreatic infection associated with Shewanella xiamenensis

Zong

2011

Journal of Medical Microbiology

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Nosocomial peripancreatic infection associated with Shewanella xiamenensis

Zong

2011

Journal of Medical Microbiology

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“…In recent years, Shewanella has also been reported to be associated with food poisoning [13]. Diseases associated with the respiratory tract are rare and Shewanella strains have been recovered from sputum of a patient with chronic obstructive airway disease [14], a lung aspirate of a patient with lung tumor [15] and BALF specimens of two patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia [16, 17]. In additional, Shewanella have also been thought to play important roles in other cases of empyema or pneumonia [14, 18].…”

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Rare Shewanella spp. associated with pulmonary and bloodstream infections of cancer patients, China: a case report

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BackgroundMembers of Shewanella species are opportunistic pathogens that are found in marine environments. Currently more than sixty species have been identified, whereas the most commonly clinical cases associated with Shewanella species have involved only two species, i.e., S. algae and S. putrefaciens. We present two cases of pulmonary and bloodstream infections caused by two rare Shewanella spp. strains from patients of gastrointestinal cancer.Case presentationTwo male patients with a history of gastrointestinal cancer presented to hospital with pulmonary and bloodstream infections, respectively. The infective pathogens of both cases were primarily isolated and identified as Shewanella algae (case I) and Shewanella putrefaciens (case II) by phenotypic features and VITEK 2 system, but they were further confirmed as Shewanella haliotis and Shewanella upenei by 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis. The major bacterial composition of the bronchoalveolar lavage in case I was also identified as Shewanella by 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing analysis. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing showed that the two strains had broad susceptibility, but S. haliotis in the case I was resistant to ciprofloxacin and levofloxacin and S. upenei in the case II was intermediate to imipenem, piperacillin/tazobactam and ciprofloxacin.ConclusionsTo the best of our knowledge, this is the first cases of the pulmonary and bloodstream infections caused by Shewanella spp. from clinical patients in mainland China. Shewanella as a potential pathogen in China should not be ignored.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (10.1186/s12879-018-3354-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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“…Shewanella putrefaciens is a Gram-negative, non-fermentative, oxidasepositive, motile bacillus, conditional pathogen. In recent years, some clinical infections caused by Shewanella putrefaciens were reported, [2][3][4][5] and the bacteria can be isolated from the patients' blood, pus, urine, sputum and wound secretions. This is the first time in our hospital that Shewanella putrefaciens in the cerebrospinal fluid specimen was detected.…”

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“…In recent years, some clinical infections caused by it were reported. There were a variety of clinical syndromes including bacteremia, skin and soft tissue infections, pneumonia [2,3], etc. Hence, corresponding research is generally focused on opportunistic infection and has reached a basic consensus.…”

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A case report of intracranial infection caused by Shewanella putrefaciens

Duan

Wang²,

Wang

et al. 2014

Neurol Sci

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Shewanella putrefaciens is as yet reputed to be a rare conditional pathogen. In recent years, some clinical infections caused by Shewanella putrefaciens came into view, and it was possible for the bacteria to be isolated from blood, pus, urine, sputum, and wound secretions, etc. A transferred patient who suffered from intracranial infection after operation of cerebral hemorrhage was admitted in the First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University. To ascertain the cause, we assessed her blood, cerebrospinal fluid and sputum specimen, and succeeded in isolating one strain of bacteria from her cerebrospinal fluid. To circumvent the potential problem, further detection by Dade Behring Microscan WalkAway 96SI system and drug sensitivity identification plate was performed. Corresponding results indicated that the bacteria were certain pseudomonas with high drug resistance, only sensitive to ticarcillin/clavulanic acid and Imipenem. Eventually by 16S rDNA amplification assay, a new technique to identify pathogens genome, Shewanella putrefaciens infection was confirmed with 99 % coincidence rate. This is the first time in our hospital that Shewanella putrefaciens in the cerebrospinal fluid specimen was detected. When considering the increase of opportunistic infection, it is noteworthy to pay more attention to such situations in clinical diagnoses.

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Ventilator-associated pneumonia due toShewanella putrefaciens

Abstract: A 39-year-old man developed ventilator-associated pneumonia evidently caused by S. putrefaciens. The pneumonia resolved after treatment with cefepime.

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Nosocomial peripancreatic infection associated with Shewanella xiamenensis

Nosocomial peripancreatic infection associated with Shewanella xiamenensis

Rare Shewanella spp. associated with pulmonary and bloodstream infections of cancer patients, China: a case report

A case report of intracranial infection caused by Shewanella putrefaciens

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