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Multidrug-resistant Achromobacter animicus causing wound infection in a street child in Mwanza, Tanzania.
- Source :
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Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease [Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis] 2017 May; Vol. 88 (1), pp. 58-61. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Feb 10. - Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Achromobacter animicus (A. animicus) is an aerobic, motile, gram-negative, non-fermenting small bacillus that can also grow anaerobically with potassium nitrate. It has been isolated from sputum of humans suffering from respiratory infections. Literature regarding the role of A. animicus in wound infections is limited. We report a first case of a chronic post-traumatic wound infection caused by a multidrug-resistant A. animicus in a street child from Africa and accompanied diagnostic challenges.<br /> (Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
- Subjects :
- Achromobacter classification
Achromobacter drug effects
Achromobacter genetics
Adolescent
Anti-Bacterial Agents pharmacology
Bacterial Proteins genetics
Cluster Analysis
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections pathology
Homeless Youth
Humans
Male
Phylogeny
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Sequence Homology
Tanzania
Wound Infection pathology
Achromobacter isolation & purification
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections diagnosis
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections microbiology
Wound Infection diagnosis
Wound Infection microbiology
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1879-0070
- Volume :
- 88
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 28215715
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2017.02.002