Shewanella algae Bacteremia in an End-stage Renal Disease Patient: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.

Abstract

A 71-year-old man was admitted because of nausea and abdominal pain. He was receiving an erythropoiesis-stimulating agent for anemia and dysregulated iron metabolism due to stage G5 chronic kidney disease. He had a history of raw fish intake and was diagnosed with infectious enterocolitis, which worsened and led to septic shock. Shewanella putrefaciens grew in the blood culture, but Shewanella algae was identified in a 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis. We herein report a case of S. algae bacteremia believed to have been transmitted orally. We also reviewed previous case reports on Shewanella infection in end-stage renal disease patients.

• Authors: Tomoaki Takata, Hiroki Chikumi, Shota Morishita, Shintaro Hamada, Shotaro Hoi, Takuji Iyama, Takeaki Fukui, Tomomitsu Matono, Satoko Fukuda, Chishio Munemura, Hajime Isomoto
• Journal: Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) (Intern Med) Vol. 56 Issue 6 Pg. 729-732 ( 2017) ISSN: 1349-7235 [Electronic] Japan
• PMID: 28321079 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• RNA, Ribosomal, 16S

Topics

• Aged
• Animals
• Bacteremia (complications, microbiology)
• Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections (microbiology)
• Humans
• Kidney Failure, Chronic (complications)
• Male
• RNA, Ribosomal, 16S (genetics)
• Renal Insufficiency, Chronic
• Shewanella