Rare Shewanella spp. associated with pulmonary and bloodstream infections of cancer patients, China: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Members of Shewanella species are opportunistic pathogens that are found in marine environments. Currently more than sixty species have been identified, whereas the most commonly clinical cases associated with Shewanella species have involved only two species, i.e., S. algae and S. putrefaciens. We present two cases of pulmonary and bloodstream infections caused by two rare Shewanella spp. strains from patients of gastrointestinal cancer.

Case presentation

Two male patients with a history of gastrointestinal cancer presented to hospital with pulmonary and bloodstream infections, respectively. The infective pathogens of both cases were primarily isolated and identified as Shewanella algae (case I) and Shewanella putrefaciens (case II) by phenotypic features and VIT

SUBMITTER: Zhang F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6125870 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature