Vibrio metschnikovii, a rare cause of wound infection.
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.
Linde
Hans-Jörg
HJ
Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany. hans-joerg.linde@klinik.uni-regensburg.de
Kobuch
Reinhard
R
Jayasinghe
Sylvia
S
Reischl
Udo
U
Lehn
Norbert
N
Kaulfuss
Stefan
S
Beutin
Lothar
L
D000818:Animals; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000382:microbiology*; D014709:Vero Cells; D014733:Vibrio / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D014735:Vibrio Infections / Q000382:microbiology*