Shewanella spp. infection following treatment for upper gastrointestinal bleeding.
Shewanella spp. are an uncommon cause of human infection, with exposure to water being the commonest source. We report a patient with a malignancy and upper gastrointestinal bleeding who underwent a gastric lavage followed by an endoscopy as part of her investigations. She subsequently developed Shewanella spp. bacteraemia without any clinical source of infection.
Saidel-Odes
Lisa
L
Infectious Disease Unit, Soroka University Hospital, Beersheva, Israel. saidelod@bgu.ac.il
Borer
Abraham
A
Riesenberg
Klaris
K
Schlaeffer
Francisc
F
D003428:Cross Infection; D005260:Female; D005751:Gastric Lavage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000628:therapy; D005773:Gastroscopy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D020592:Shewanella / Q000472:pathogenicity*