Aeromonas meningitis complicating medicinal leech therapy.
Medicinal leeches have an important and expanding role in medicine, but infection can complicate their use. We describe a unique case of Aeromonas meningitis associated with the use of leech therapy to salvage a skin flap after central nervous system surgery.
Ouderkirk
John P
JP
Infectious Diseases Section, Saint Vincent's Catholic Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.
Bekhor
David
D
Turett
Glenn S
GS
Murali
Raj
R
D000328:Adult; D000333:Aeromonas / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000818:Animals; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007865:Leeches / Q000382:microbiology*; D024763:Leeching / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*