First case of Chlorella wound infection in a human in Australia

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 deb...

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Main Authors: J. Hart, L. Mooney, I. Arthur, T.J.J. Inglis, R. Murray
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-07-01
Series:New Microbes and New Infections
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2052297514500224