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| Year : 2022 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 84-86 |
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Aeromonas veronii biovar sobria causing infected walled-off pancreatic necrosis: A rare infectious complication of chronic pancreatitis
Ranganathan N Iyer1, Rekha Rao Jangam1, Bharat Kumar Nara2, Uma Karri3
1 Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infection Control, Gleneagles Global Hospitals, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
2 Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, Gleneagles Global Hospitals, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
3 Department of Radiology, Gleneagles Global Hospitals, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Correspondence Address:
Rekha Rao Jangam
Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infection Control, Gleneagles Global Hospitals, 6-1-1070/1 to 4, Lakdikapul, Hyderabad - 500 004, Telangana
India
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DOI: 10.4103/jacm.jacm_13_22
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We report a rare case of infected walled-off pancreatic necrosis in a diabetic patient with chronic pancreatitis caused by Aeromonas veronii biovar sobria. Aeromonads are ubiquitous organisms found mainly in aquatic environments. Infection may occur after the ingestion of contaminated seafood/water, massive aquatic exposure during near-drowning events or by exposure of an abraded wound to the bacteria. The clinical manifestations of Aeromonas infections are mostly gastrointestinal infections, bacteraemia and skin and soft-tissue infections. Intraabdominal infections due to Aeromonas are uncommon with pancreatic infections being even rare.
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