Respiratory colonization with Pseudomonas putrefaciens after near-drowning in salt water.
Pseudomonas putrefaciens, a marine organism infrequently found in human culture material, was repeatedly isolated from the sputum of a patient with pneumonia during a three-week period following a salt-water drowning accident. Similar organisms were found in the water at the site of the accident in Boston, and at ocean bathing beaches on nearby Martha's Vineyard.
D004332:Drowning; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008404:Massachusetts; D008875:Middle Aged; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D012623:Seawater; D013045:Species Specificity; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology; D014871:Water Microbiology