Wound infection caused by Photobacterium damselae in a 32-year-old woman: case report and review of the literature

Percy Schröttner; Eric Tille; Christian Lück; Boyke Bunk

doi:10.3205/id000067

Wound infection caused by Photobacterium damselae in a 32-year-old woman: case report and review of the literature

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Percy Schröttner - , Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Institute of Medical Microbiology and Virology, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
Eric Tille - , University Center for Orthopedics, Trauma and Plastic Surgery, University Center for Orthopedics, Trauma and Plastic Surgery (OUPC), Department of internal Medicine I, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus (Author)
Christian Lück - , University Medicine (Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital), Institute of Medical Microbiology and Virology, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
Boyke Bunk - , Leibniz-Institut DSMZ - Deutsche Sammlung für Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH (Author)

Abstract

The case of a 32-year-old woman is reported, who was affected by a persisting wound infection caused by Photobacterium damselae after an accident in the Mediterranean Sea. Besides the clinical case, microbiological characteristics based on the phenotypic and genotypic description of the isolate (including whole genome data) are presented and discussed.

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	Doc23
Journal	GMS infectious diseases
Volume	8
Publication status	Published - 2020
Peer-reviewed	Yes

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PubMedCentral	PMC7705356

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