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Infectio
Print version ISSN 0123-9392
Abstract
MUNOZ, Luis et al. Pancreatic pseudocyst infected by Shewanella putrefaciens : A case report . Infect. [online]. 2015, vol.19, n.4, pp.179-182. ISSN 0123-9392. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infect.2014.11.002.
Shewanella putrefaciens is a rare Gram-negative bacillus, non-fermenting, oxidasepositive, and a hydrogen sulfide producer, which infrequently causes human infections. This opportunist germ causes infections in immunosuppressed people and in those with a history of contact with seawater or food contaminated with the microbe. We present a case of a patient with a pancreatic infection caused by this microbe
Keywords : Shewanella putrefaciens; Pancreatic pseudocyst;; Infection.