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- Title
A Case of Pseudomonas straminea Blood Stream Infection in an Elderly Woman with Cellulitis.
- Authors
Böhm, Leopold; Schaller, Marius Eberhardt; Balczun, Carsten; Krüger, Andreas; Schummel, Timo; Ammon, Alexander; Klein, Niklas; Helbing, Dario Lucas; Eming, Rüdiger; Fuchs, Frieder
- Abstract
Here, we report the simultaneous isolation of Pseudomonas straminea from blood cultures and from a skin ulcer in an elderly woman who suffered from atopic dermatitis and psoriasis and developed acute cellulitis of both arms requiring hospital treatment. To the best of our knowledge, P. straminea has not been previously reported to cause invasive infections in humans. This case highlights how chronic diseases and older age increase the susceptibility to bacterial infections with environmental bacteria of low virulence. Our study describes the microbiological identification of the blood culture isolate, including morpho-molecular characterization and virulence demonstration in a Galleria mellonella model.
- Subjects
SKIN ulcers; GREATER wax moth; OLDER women; BACTERIAL diseases; SKIN diseases
- Publication
Infectious Disease Reports, 2024, Vol 16, Issue 4, p699
- ISSN
2036-7449
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/idr16040053