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Surgical wound infection, tuboovarian abscess, and sepsis caused by Edwardsiella tarda: case reports and literature review

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Edwardsiella tarda is a freshwater pathogen that may cause mild to invasive infections with high mortality in humans. We describe two patients with serious E. tarda infections. The first patient was a woman with a tuboovarian abscess (TOA) and bilateral salpingitis requiring surgical resection and drainage. Her hospital course was complicated by a postoperative wound infection. TOA fluid as well as surgical wound culture revealed pure growth of E. tarda resistant to several antibiotics. The second patient was a man with a bloodstream E. tarda infection and cholangitis who recently traveled to Ecuador. He presented with hypoxia and further workup revealed choledocholithiasis and common bile duct benign polyps. Both patients made a full recovery.

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  1. Division of Infectious Diseases, North Shore University Hospital, 400 Community Dr., Manhasset, NY, 11030, USA

    V. Golub & A. C. Kim

  2. St. Francis Hospital, 100 Port Washington Blvd., Roslyn, NY, 11576, USA

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Golub, V., Kim, A.C. & Krol, V. Surgical wound infection, tuboovarian abscess, and sepsis caused by Edwardsiella tarda: case reports and literature review. Infection 38, 487–489 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-010-0057-5

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