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ArticleBMC infectious diseases2021

A rare case of severe gastroenteritis caused by Aeromonas hydrophila after colectomy in a patient with anti-Hu syndrome: a case report.

Michael Greiner, Alexia Anagnostopoulos, Daniel Pohl, Reinhard Zbinden, Andrea Zbinden

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Article in BMC infectious diseases, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Michael GreinerInstitute of Medical Microbiology, University of Zurich, Gloriastrasse 28/30, 8006, Zurich, Switzerland.
Alexia AnagnostopoulosDivision of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University of Zurich, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Daniel PohlDivision of Gastroenterology, University of Zurich, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Reinhard ZbindenInstitute of Medical Microbiology, University of Zurich, Gloriastrasse 28/30, 8006, Zurich, Switzerland.
Andrea ZbindenInstitute of Medical Microbiology, University of Zurich, Gloriastrasse 28/30, 8006, Zurich, Switzerland. azbinden@imm.uzh.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8328-7614
University of Zurich · CH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAeromonas hydrophila is a gram-negative facultative anaerobic coccobacillus, which is an environmental opportunistic pathogen. A. hydrophila are involved in several infectious diseases such as gastroenteritis, septicemia and wound infections. However, gastroenteritis caused by Aeromonas spp. are rare and the clinical relevance of Aeromonas species in stool specimens is still under debate. CASE PRESENTATION: Our case concerns a 32-year-old woman who presented at hospital with a worsening watery diarrhea and fever requiring intensive care. A cholera-like illness was diagnosed. The patient had a past history of an anti-Hu syndrome with a myenteric ganglionitis. A molecular multiplex RT-PCR (QIAstat-Dx Gastrointestinal Panel, QIAGEN) covering a broad spectrum of diverse gastrointestinal pathogens performed directly from the stool was negative but the stool culture revealed growth of A. hydrophila. Further investigations of the A. hydrophila strain in cell cultures revealed the presence of a cytotoxic enterotoxin.

conclusionsAlthough A. hydrophila rarely causes gastroenteritis, Aeromonas spp. should be considered as a causative agent of severe gastroenteritis with a cholera-like presentation. This case highlights the need to perform culture methods from stool samples when PCR-based methods are negative and gastrointestinal infection is suspected.

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AeromonasGastroenteritisGram-Negative Bacterial InfectionsAdultAeromonas hydrophilaColectomyDiarrheaFemaleHumansAeromononas hydrophilaAnti-Hu syndromeCase reportCytotoxic enterotoxinGastroenteritis

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