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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| author | J. Hart L. Mooney I. Arthur T.J.J. Inglis R. Murray |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-228f5527cdc04bdd9cfa875946daa40f2022-12-22T02:54:53ZengElsevierNew Microbes and New Infections2052-29752014-07-012413213310.1002/nmi2.50First case of Chlorella wound infection in a human in AustraliaJ. Hart0L. Mooney1I. Arthur2T.J.J. Inglis3R. Murray4Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, NedlandsDepartment of Orthopaedics, Bunbury Regional Hospital, BunburyDivision of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, NedlandsDivision of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, NedlandsDivision of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, NedlandsA 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.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2052297514500224algaeAustraliaChlorellawater-borne infection |
| spellingShingle | J. Hart L. Mooney I. Arthur T.J.J. Inglis R. Murray First case of Chlorella wound infection in a human in Australia New Microbes and New Infections algae Australia Chlorella water-borne infection |
| title | First case of Chlorella wound infection in a human in Australia |
| title_full | First case of Chlorella wound infection in a human in Australia |
| title_fullStr | First case of Chlorella wound infection in a human in Australia |
| title_full_unstemmed | First case of Chlorella wound infection in a human in Australia |
| title_short | First case of Chlorella wound infection in a human in Australia |
| title_sort | first case of chlorella wound infection in a human in australia |
| topic | algae Australia Chlorella water-borne infection |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2052297514500224 |
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