First clinical isolation report of Shewanella algae from the stools of a patient with acute enteritis in Spain

Fernández-Fernández, E.; Martín-Rodríguez, A.J.; Hernández, M.; Navarro-Marí, J.M.; Römling, U.; Gutiérrez-Fernández, J.

Revista Espanola de Quimioterapia Publicacion Oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Quimioterapia 31(2): 160-163

2018


ISSN/ISBN: 0214-3429
PMID: 29616510
Document Number: 695270
We report a case of acute enteritis caused by Shewanella algae in a cirrhotic patient. Biochemical identification systems revealed to be insufficient to identify the Shewanella isolate at the species level, thus requiring 16S rRNA and gyrB partial gene sequencing. Even if co-infection by Clostridium difficile could not be ruled out, this is, to our knowledge, the first report of acute enteritis caused by Shewanella algae in Europe.

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