title: Shewanella algae causing lower limb soft tissue infection in New Zealand.
abstract: A 59-year-old man presented to Tauranga Hospital (Tauranga, New Zealand) with lower limb soft tissue infection growing Shewanella algae isolated from blood and skin after fishing in seawater. This is the first published report of this marine organism causing infection in New Zealand.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland.
authors.forename: Bonnie
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Leung
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Meech
authors.forename: Nicky
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lau
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cunliffe
mesh_terms: D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009520:New Zealand; D020592:Shewanella / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018461:Soft Tissue Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*