title: Clinical and microbiological features of shewanella bacteremia in patients with hepatobiliary disease.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Shewanella bacteremia is an uncommon but potentially fatal disease. Although hepatobiliary diseases have been proposed to be risk factors for various Shewanella infections, little is known about the features of Shewanella bacteremia in patients with hepatobiliary diseases. This study aims to characterize the presentation and risk factors of Shewanella bacteremia in patients with hepatobiliary diseases.
  
  
  METHODS
  We retrospectively investigated the clinical features, microbiology and outcomes of patients with Shewanella bacteremia who were admitted to a tertiary medical center between January 2001 and December 2010. All isolates were confirmed to the species level using 16S rRNA sequencing analyses. The English language medical literature was searched for previously published reports.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Fifty-nine cases of Shewanella bacteremia, including nine at the hospital, were identified, 28 (47.4%) of which involved underlying hepatobiliary diseases, representing an important risk factor. In 12 of the 28 cases, the infections involved the hepatobiliary system; with a tendency towards an Asian origin. In our case series of nine patients, Shewanella haliotis was isolated in five patients. The majority of our patients lived in coastal areas, consumed seafood regularly and developed bacteremia during the summer season.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is recommended that the possibility for Shewanella infection be considered in patients with bacteremia and also underlying hepatobiliary diseases, particularly if patients present with hepatobiliary infections, a history of seafood, or development of the disease during the summer.
authors: Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan.
authors: Po-Yu
authors: PY
authors: Liu
authors: Chin-Fu
authors: CF
authors: Lin
authors: Kwong-Chung
authors: KC
authors: Tung
authors: Ching-Lin
authors: CL
authors: Shyu
authors: Ming-Ju
authors: MJ
authors: Wu
authors: Jai-Wen
authors: JW
authors: Liu
authors: Chi-Sen
authors: CS
authors: Chang
authors: Kun-Wei
authors: KW
authors: Chan
authors: Jin-An
authors: JA
authors: Huang
authors: Zhi-Yuan
authors: ZY
authors: Shi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D001660:Biliary Tract Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D020592:Shewanella