Cellulitis and Bacteremia Caused by Bergeyella zoohelcum
Bergeyella zoohelcum is a rod-shaped, aerobic, Gram-negative, non-motile and non-saccharolytic bacterium. It is frequently isolated from the upper respiratory tract of dogs, cats and other mammals. Clinically, B. zoohelcum has been known to cause cellulitis, leg abscess, tenosynovitis, septicemia, p...
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| description | Bergeyella zoohelcum is a rod-shaped, aerobic, Gram-negative, non-motile and non-saccharolytic bacterium. It is frequently isolated from the upper respiratory tract of dogs, cats and other mammals. Clinically, B. zoohelcum has been known to cause cellulitis, leg abscess, tenosynovitis, septicemia, pneumonia and meningitis, and is associated with animal bites. In addition, food-borne transmission was considered in a recent case report. We report a 73-year-old man with liver cirrhosis who had no history of dog bite but had dog exposure, who developed cellulitis of the left lower leg and B. zoohelcum was isolated from blood culture. This patient, without evidence of polymicrobial infection, was treated with cefazolin and gentamicin with a good outcome. B. zoohelcum is a zoonotic pathogen that may cause bacteremia in patients with underlying disease such as liver cirrhosis; it can be treated with a beta-lactam or quinolone. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-29877c0641d14c0fb4bf8404c90dd43e2022-12-21T19:09:06ZengElsevierJournal of the Formosan Medical Association0929-66462007-01-01106757357610.1016/S0929-6646(07)60008-4Cellulitis and Bacteremia Caused by Bergeyella zoohelcumWei-Ru Lin0Yao-Shen Chen1Yung-Ching Liu2Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, TaiwanSection of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, TaiwanSection of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, TaiwanBergeyella zoohelcum is a rod-shaped, aerobic, Gram-negative, non-motile and non-saccharolytic bacterium. It is frequently isolated from the upper respiratory tract of dogs, cats and other mammals. Clinically, B. zoohelcum has been known to cause cellulitis, leg abscess, tenosynovitis, septicemia, pneumonia and meningitis, and is associated with animal bites. In addition, food-borne transmission was considered in a recent case report. We report a 73-year-old man with liver cirrhosis who had no history of dog bite but had dog exposure, who developed cellulitis of the left lower leg and B. zoohelcum was isolated from blood culture. This patient, without evidence of polymicrobial infection, was treated with cefazolin and gentamicin with a good outcome. B. zoohelcum is a zoonotic pathogen that may cause bacteremia in patients with underlying disease such as liver cirrhosis; it can be treated with a beta-lactam or quinolone.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0929664607600084Bergeyella zoohelcumcellulitisdog biteliver cirrhosis |
| spellingShingle | Wei-Ru Lin Yao-Shen Chen Yung-Ching Liu Cellulitis and Bacteremia Caused by Bergeyella zoohelcum Journal of the Formosan Medical Association Bergeyella zoohelcum cellulitis dog bite liver cirrhosis |
| title | Cellulitis and Bacteremia Caused by Bergeyella zoohelcum |
| title_full | Cellulitis and Bacteremia Caused by Bergeyella zoohelcum |
| title_fullStr | Cellulitis and Bacteremia Caused by Bergeyella zoohelcum |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cellulitis and Bacteremia Caused by Bergeyella zoohelcum |
| title_short | Cellulitis and Bacteremia Caused by Bergeyella zoohelcum |
| title_sort | cellulitis and bacteremia caused by bergeyella zoohelcum |
| topic | Bergeyella zoohelcum cellulitis dog bite liver cirrhosis |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0929664607600084 |
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