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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2004, p. 4909-4911, Vol. 42, No. 10
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.10.4909-4911.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Vibrio metschnikovii, a Rare Cause of Wound Infection

Hans-Jörg Linde,1* Reinhard Kobuch,2 Sylvia Jayasinghe,1 Udo Reischl,1 Norbert Lehn,1 Stefan Kaulfuss,3 and Lothar Beutin3

Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University of Regensburg,1 Klinik und Polyklinik für Herz-, Thorax- und Herznahe Gefäßchirurgie, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg,2 Division of Microbial Toxins (ZBS3), Robert Koch Institut, Berlin, Germany3

Received 13 February 2004/ Returned for modification 2 April 2004/ Accepted 17 June 2004

We report the first case of a postoperative wound infection caused by Vibrio metschnikovii on the lower right leg of a patient after saphenectomy. Compared to the healing of an uninfected site, that of the right leg was delayed, and a cure was achieved by intensified wound care. Several swabs taken from the infected site grew a gram-negative rod in pure culture that was identified as V. metschnikovii by the VITEK 2 system. The source of the infection was not detected; however, the absence of putative risk factors (exposure to water or shellfish or an episode of diarrhea), the profession of the patient (butcher), and the isolation of V. metschnikovii in a variety of farm animals (chicken, cattle, swine, and horses) suggest that infections caused by V. metschnikovii may be regarded as zoonotic.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene, Universität Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauß-Allee 11, D-93042 Regensburg, Germany. Phone: 49-9 41-9 44-64 14. Fax: 49-9 41-9 44-64 02. E-mail: hans-joerg.linde{at}klinik.uni-regensburg.de.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2004, p. 4909-4911, Vol. 42, No. 10
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.10.4909-4911.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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