Psychrobacter bacteraemia in a cirrhotic patient after the consumption of raw geoduck clam.
Psychrobacter species rarely cause infections in human. We reported herein a 62-year-old cirrhotic patient who presented with fever and diarrhoea after the consumption of raw geoduck clam. Blood culture grew Psychrobacter phenylpyruvicus which was sensitive to most anti-microbial agents. The patient responded promptly to intravenous antibiotics. This is the first report of human infection with this unusual organism which illustrates the potential health hazards of eating raw geoduck clam in patients with advanced liver disease.
Leung
Wai K
WK
Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China. wkleung@cuhk.edu.hk
Chow
Viola C Y
VC
Chan
Martin C W
MC
Ling
Julia M L
JM
Sung
Joseph J Y
JJ
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