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    Infect Chemother. 2011 Apr;43(2):213-216. Korean.
    Published online Apr 30, 2011.
    https://doi.org/10.3947/ic.2011.43.2.213
    Copyright © 2011 by The Korean Society of Infectious Diseases and Korean Society for Chemotherapy
    Case Report

    Aeromonas hydrophila Myonecrosis in an Immunocompetent Patient

    Mi-Hyang Jung, Kwan-Hyun Lee, Dae-Yeun Hwang, Kwan-Hoon Jo, Sun-Young Han, Seon-A Kim and Sang-Rok Lee
      • Department of Internal Medicine, Cheongju St. Mary's Hospital, Cheongju, Korea.
    • Correspondence to Sang-Rok Lee, M.D. Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Cheongju St.Mary's Hospital, Jujung-Dong, Sangdang- Gu, Cheongju 360-568, Chungcheongbuk-do, Korea. Tel: +82-43-219-8000, Fax: +82-43-219-9030, Email: evergreenlee@nate.com
    Received October 29, 2010; Revised February 18, 2011; Accepted February 21, 2011.

    This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

    Abstract

    Aeromonas hydrophila is a facultative anaerobic Gram negative bacillus. It usually thrives in fresh and brackish water and primarily causes gastroenteritis in humans. Rarely aeromonads have been associated with extra-intestinal infections, such as skin and soft infection, meningitis, epidural abscess, endocarditis and pneumonia in immunocompromised hosts. Here we report Aeromonas hydrophila soft tissue infection occurring in a 53-year-old Korean woman without underlying disease who was successfully treated with proper antibiotics.

    Keywords
    Aeromonas hydrophila; Soft tissue infection

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    Figure 1
    (A) Both the patient's lower legs show redness and swelling on the third hospital day. (B) The patient was treated with multiple broad spectrum antibiotics. On the eighth hospital day, the lesion improved.

    Figure 2
    Magnetic resonance imaging of the lower leg (Coronal contrast-enhanced fat-suppressed T1-weighted image) reveals longitudinally arranged, rim-enhancing, cavitary lesion, consistent with intramuscular abscess.

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    MeSH Terms
    Aeromonas
    Aeromonas hydrophila
    Anti-Bacterial Agents
    Bacillus
    Endocarditis
    Epidural Abscess
    Female
    Gastroenteritis
    Humans
    Immunocompromised Host
    Meningitis
    Middle Aged
    Pneumonia
    Skin
    Soft Tissue Infections
    Water
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