Kluyvera species soft tissue infection: case report and review.
A soft tissue infection caused by Kluyvera species in a previously healthy woman is described. Successful treatment required incision and drainage of the wound in addition to administration of antibiotics. Kluyvera species are indole positive, Voges-Proskauer negative members of the family Enterobacteriaceae. Previous reports of infection due to Kluyvera species suggest that the organism is never more than an opportunistic pathogen; however, we report the first case of infection in a previously healthy host.
Luttrell
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Medical Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Johnson City, Tennessee 37614.
Rannick
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Soto-Hernandez
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Verghese
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D000061:Accidents, Home; D000328:Adult; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D005542:Forearm; D006801:Humans; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000382:microbiology*