Rev Esp Quimioter 2018; 31(2): 160-163

First clinical isolation report of Shewanella algae from the stools of a patient with acute enteritis in Spain

ELEAZAR FERNÁNDEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, ALBERTO J. MARTÍN-RODRÍGUEZ, MARIANO HERNÁNDEZ, JOSÉ MARÍA NAVARRO-MARÍ, UTE RÖMLING, JOSÉ GUTIÉRREZ-FERNÁNDEZ

We report a case of acute enteritis caused by Shewanella algae in a cirrhotic patient. Biochemical identification systems revealed to be insufficient to identify the Shewanella isolate at the species level, thus requiring 16S rRNA and gyrB partial gene sequencing. Even if co-infection by Clostridium difficile could not be ruled out, this is, to our knowledge, the first report of acute enteritis caused by Shewanella algae in Europe.

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