Necrotizing fasciitis caused by Aeromonas caviae

Kumar, Simit; Mukhopadhyay, P. K.; Chatterjee, Mitali; Bandyopadhyay, Mausumi; Bandyopadhyay, Maitreyi; Ghosh, T. K.; Samaddar, Debopriyo

doi:10.4103/2231-0770.110740

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“…Although most cases of diarrhea or colitis have been described in immunocompetent patients, Aeromonas-related diarrhea has also been reported in immunocompromised subjects. The most frequents are skin or soft tissue infections, such as cellulitis 41 or fasciitis, [42][43][44] cholangitis, 45 and septicemia. The most frequents are skin or soft tissue infections, such as cellulitis 41 or fasciitis, [42][43][44] cholangitis, 45 and septicemia.…”

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“…Aeromonas spp. are important causes of skin and soft tissue infections in people and systemic Aeromonas infections have been reported in dogs, but this is the first time that a severe soft tissue infection attributable to Aeromonas spp. has been reported in a dog.…”

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“…A. hydrophila is a more common cause of SSTIs in people than A. caviae , and A. hydrophila exhibits more virulence factors ex vivo than A. caviae . However, both species have been retrieved from rectal swabs of dogs and have been isolated from severe soft tissue infections in people, so either agent could have created disease in this case.…”

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“…Aeromonas spp. are also increasingly important pathogens in people, implicated in 3 main syndromes: gastrointestinal disease in children and adults, skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) in healthy and immune‐compromised adults, and septicemic conditions in immune‐compromised and elderly patients . The pathogenicity of Aeromonas spp in human medicine and aquaculture is well documented but reports in companion animals are limited to scant reports.…”

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Severe acute cellulitis and sepsis caused by Aeromonas spp. in a dog on immunosuppressive therapy

Worthing

Norris

Briscoe³

2019

J Vet Emergen Crit Care

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Objective To describe the clinical presentation, diagnostic investigation, and medical management of a dog on immunosuppressive therapy that developed a severe soft tissue infection attributed to Aeromonas hydrophila/caviae. Case summary A 5‐year‐old female neutered Border Collie dog was presented for investigation of a rapidly growing skin lesion. The dog had been diagnosed with immune‐mediated thrombocytopenia and was receiving immunosuppressive therapy for 5 weeks. Physical examination at initial presentation revealed no abnormalities except a 6 cm raised, erythematous, firm, and painful swelling on the ventral abdomen. Within 12 hours of admission, the lesion had expanded to cover much of the ventrum and some areas had begun to slough. The patient had also become obtunded and exhibited pyrexia, tachypnea, tachycardia as well as extreme pain around the lesion. The dog's clinical signs and hematology results were consistent with sepsis. Histopathology showed severe acute suppurative cellulitis and panniculitis and a heavy growth of A. hydrophila/caviae was obtained on tissue culture. The infection was treated with trimethoprim sulphadiazine, based on culture and susceptibility results. Unique information provided This is the first reported case of severe panniculitis and cellulitis caused by Aeromonas spp. in a dog. Aeromonas spp. should be considered a differential diagnosis for cases of severe soft tissue infection, especially in immune‐compromised animals or those with a history of aquatic exposure.

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“…The Aeromonas species and particularly A. hydrophila are well-known bacteria that cause different infections in humans (Igbinosa et al 2012). A. caviae has been associated with human septicemia, soft tissue infection and necrotizing fasciitis (Kumar et al 2012). The relationship between the presence of aeromonads in drinking water and their presence in the stools of patients with gastroenteritis has been reported as well (von Graevenitz 2007).…”

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Gut microbiota isolated from the European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis) and its antimicrobial resistance

Ružauskas¹,

Misyte²,

Vaškevičiūtė³

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Polish Journal of Veterinary Sciences

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The aim of the study was to isolate cultivable gut microbiota from European pond turtles kept at the Lithuanian Zoo and to determine antimicrobial resistance of the isolates. The study subjects included 8 elderly turtles living at the Lithuanian Zoo for about 50 years as well as their offspring -24 young individuals (1-2 years old) that were hatched at the same zoo. Animals were not exposed by treatment with antimicrobials during the last 3 years.Gut samples were taken from the cloaca and inoculated onto universal media. Isolates then were identified using sequence analysis of 16S rRNA.The antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed using the agar diffusion method according to Kirby-Bauer. Clinical breakpoints according to CLSI whenever possible, were used for interpretation of susceptibility. Bacterial isolates resistant to at least three antimicrobials of different classes were treated as multi-resistant.Fifty-two bacterial isolates were obtained and identified from turtle gut samples. The most prevalent genera included Aeromonas, Chryseobacterium and Citrobacter. Fifty percent of the isolates obtained from elderly turtles (CI 95% -19.01-80.99) and 54.8% (CI 95% -39.75-69.85) of the isolates from young animals were identified as multi-resistant. The most common resistance rates of the isolates from both groups of the turtles were observed toward ampicillin (86.6%), ciprofloxacin (61.5%) and gentamicin (40.4%). The lowest number of resistant isolates were detected toward combination of sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim (26.9%). The study revealed that European pond turtles kept in captivity are carriers of multi-resistant bacteria however, further studies need to be performed to investigate whether the resistant microorganisms are natural microbiota for this species or they were acquired in the zoo.

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Necrotizing fasciitis caused by Aeromonas caviae

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Severe acute cellulitis and sepsis caused by Aeromonas spp. in a dog on immunosuppressive therapy

Gut microbiota isolated from the European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis) and its antimicrobial resistance

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