Shewanella algae Bacteremia in an End-stage Renal Disease Patient: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.
A 71-year-old man was admitted because of nausea and abdominal pain. He was receiving an erythropoiesis-stimulating agent for anemia and dysregulated iron metabolism due to stage G5 chronic kidney disease. He had a history of raw fish intake and was diagnosed with infectious enterocolitis, which worsened and led to septic shock. Shewanella putrefaciens grew in the blood culture, but Shewanella algae was identified in a 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis. We herein report a case of S. algae bacteremia believed to have been transmitted orally. We also reviewed previous case reports on Shewanella infection in end-stage renal disease patients.
Division of Medicine and Clinical Science, Tottori University Faculty of Medicine, Japan.
Tomoaki
T
Takata
Hiroki
H
Chikumi
Shota
S
Morishita
Shintaro
S
Hamada
Shotaro
S
Hoi
Takuji
T
Iyama
Takeaki
T
Fukui
Tomomitsu
T
Matono
Satoko
S
Fukuda
Chishio
C
Munemura
Hajime
H
Isomoto
D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology*; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D051436:Renal Insufficiency, Chronic; D020592:Shewanella
D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S