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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 2003, p. 2240-2241, Vol. 41, No. 5
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.5.2240-2241.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Soft Tissue Infection and Bacteremia Caused by Shewanella putrefaciens

Leonardo Pagani,1* Adolf Lang,2 Claudio Vedovelli,1 Oswald Moling,1 Giovanni Rimenti,1 Raffaele Pristerà,1 and Peter Mian1

Division of Infectious Diseases,1 Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology and Virology, Bolzano Central Hospital, Bolzano, Italy2

Received 21 November 2002/ Returned for modification 19 January 2003/ Accepted 18 February 2003

Shewanella putrefaciens is as yet rarely responsible for clinical syndromes in humans. However, a case involving multiple organs in an elderly male under treatment with appropriate steroids confirms that attention should be devoted to unusual pathogens.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Division of Infectious Diseases, Bolzano Central Hospital, Via L. Böhler, 5, 39100 Bolzano, Italy. Phone: 39-0471-908131. Fax: 39-0471-908552. E-mail: leonardo.pagani{at}asbz.it.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 2003, p. 2240-2241, Vol. 41, No. 5
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.5.2240-2241.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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