First Report of Shewanella alga as Emerging Infection in India: Two cases
Published: August 1, 2007 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2007/.100
MUKHOPADHYAY C, CHAWLA K, SHARMA Y, BAIRY I
Department of Microbiology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal – 576104, Karnataka, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Chiranjay Mukhopadhyay. Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal –576104, Karnataka, India. Tel.: 91-820-2571201, extn. 22322; fax: 91-08252-571927; e-mail: chiranjay@yahoo.co.in
Shewanella alga is a rare isolate from clinical specimens. Repeated isolation of the organism from two cases in elderly non-immunocompromised males, as treated successfully thereafter, confirms the need of utmost microbiological vigilance to identify this unusual pathogen.
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