title: Multidrug-resistant Achromobacter animicus causing wound infection in a street child in Mwanza, Tanzania.
abstract: Achromobacter animicus (A. animicus) is an aerobic, motile, gram-negative, non-fermenting small bacillus that can also grow anaerobically with potassium nitrate. It has been isolated from sputum of humans suffering from respiratory infections. Literature regarding the role of A. animicus in wound infections is limited. We report a first case of a chronic post-traumatic wound infection caused by a multidrug-resistant A. animicus in a street child from Africa and accompanied diagnostic challenges.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Bugando, Mwanza, Tanzania; Institute of Hygiene and Microbiology, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany. Electronic address: nyamburasogone@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Nyambura
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Moremi
authors.affiliation: Institute of Hygiene and Microbiology, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany. Electronic address: hclaus@hygiene.uni-wuerzburg.de.
authors.forename: Heike
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Claus
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Bugando, Mwanza, Tanzania. Electronic address: markohingi@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Marko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hingi
authors.affiliation: Institute of Hygiene and Microbiology, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany. Electronic address: vogel_u@ukw.de.
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Vogel
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Bugando, Mwanza, Tanzania. Electronic address: mshana72@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Stephen E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Mshana
mesh_terms: D042402:Achromobacter / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000293:Adolescent; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D018453:Homeless Youth; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017385:Sequence Homology; D013636:Tanzania; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001426:Bacterial Proteins
keywords: Achromobacter animicus; Street child; Tanzania; Wound infection