title: First case of Chlorella wound infection in a human in Australia.
abstract: A 30-year-old man developed an infected knee wound 2 days after jumping his bicycle into a freshwater dam. He required repeated debridement and tissue grew bright green colonies typical of the alga Chlorella plus Aeromonas hydrophila. This, and one previously reported case, responded to surgical debridement and careful wound management.
authors.affiliation: Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre Nedlands, Australia.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hart
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Bunbury Regional Hospital Bunbury, Australia.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mooney
authors.affiliation: Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre Nedlands, Australia.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Arthur
authors.affiliation: Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre Nedlands, Australia ; School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Western Australia Crawley, Australia.
authors.forename: T J J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Inglis
authors.affiliation: Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre Nedlands, Australia.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Murray
keywords: Australia; Chlorella; algae; water-borne infection