The Fulminating Course of Infection Caused by Shewanella algae: A Case Report

Abstract

Shewanella algae, a Gram-negative bacillus found in warm saltwater environments, has been increasingly recognized as a human pathogen that can cause infection of the skin and soft tissue, ear, blood, and intra-abdominal. In this case, we report a Shewanella algae infection that caused sepsis, renal insufficiency, cardiac dysfunction, fistula and massive pleural effusion after surgery in a 73-year-old man with cancer of the esophagus and cardia.

Keywords: Shewanella algae; Shewanella species; fulminating course; malignancy; sepsis.