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

• Published in: BMC infectious diseases Vol. 18; no. 1; pp. 454 - 5
• Main Authors: Zhang, Furong, Fang, Yujie, Pang, Feng, Liang, Shengnan, Lu, Xin, Kan, Biao, Xu, Jianguo, Zhao, Jinxing, Du, Yinju, Wang, Duochun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 05.09.2018; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Algae; Alveoli; Bacterial infections; Bronchus; Cancer; Cancer patients; Case Report; Case reports; Case studies; Causes of; China; Ciprofloxacin; Esophageal cancer; Health aspects; Hospitals; Imipenem; Infections; Infectious diseases; Inflammation; Levofloxacin; Marine environment; Opportunist infection; Pathogens; Patients; Phylogenetics; Piperacillin; Pneumonia; Pulmonary and bloodstream infections; Rare Shewanella spp; Respiration; Respiratory tract infections; Risk factors; rRNA 16S; Septicemia; Shewanella; Species; Strains (organisms); Tazobactam; Ventilators; China; Cancer patients; China; Pulmonary and bloodstream infections; Rare Shewanella spp

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...