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A rare cause of pneumonia: Shewanella putrefaciens

Nadir bir pnömoni etkeni: Shewanella putrefaciens

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In conclusion, S.putrefaciens should be considered in patients with predisposing factors as an unusual cause of pneumonia and the characteristics such as H2S production and sensitivity to third generation cephalosporins and penicillins should be used to differentiate it from Pseudomonas aeruginosa and prevent the unnecessary use of antipseudomonal antibiotics.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Shewanella putrefaciens is a gram-negative, non-fermentative, oxidase positive, motile bacillus that produces hydrogen sulphide.
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Key Findings & Data:A 43-year-old female patient was admitted to our hospital with the complaints of fever, cough, sputum and weakness.
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Conclusion & Impact:In conclusion, S.putrefaciens should be considered in patients with predisposing factors as an unusual cause of pneumonia and the characteristics such as H2S production and sensitivity to third generation cephalosporins and penicillins should be used to differentiate it from Pseudomonas aeruginosa and prevent the unnecessary use of antipseudomonal antibiotics.
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Abstract

Shewanella putrefaciens is a gram-negative, non-fermentative, oxidase positive, motile bacillus that produces hydrogen sulphide. It is found widely in the nature especially in marine environments. Although it is accepted as saprophytic, different clinical syndromes, most commonly skin or soft tissue infections, have been associated with S.putrefaciens, mainly in immunocompromised cases and patients with underlying diseases. However, pneumonia cases due to S.putrefaciens are quite limited in the literature. In this report, a case of pneumonia caused by S.putrefaciens was presented. A 43-year-old female patient was admitted to our hospital with the complaints of fever, cough, sputum and weakness. The patient has had brochiectasis since childhood and has used periodical antibiotic therapies due to pneumoniae episodes. She was diagnosed to have pneumonia based on the clinical, radiological and laboratory findings, and empirical antibiotic treatment with ciprofloxacin and ceftazidime combination was initiated. Gram-stained smear of sputum yielded abundant leucocytes and gram-negative bacteria, and the isolate grown in the sputum culture was identified as S.putrefaciens by conventional methods and API 20 NE (BioMerieux, France) system. The isolate was found susceptible to ceftriaxone, ceftazidime, cefepime, ciprofloxacin, piperacillin-tazobactam, cephoperazon-sulbactam, imipenem, amikacin, gentamicin and trimethoprime-sulphametoxazole; whereas resistant to ampicillin, amoxycillin-clavulanate, cefazolin and cefuroxime, by Kirby-Bauer disk diffusion method. According to the antibiogram results, the therapy was changed to ceftriaxone (1 x 2 g, intravenous). The patient was discharged with complete cure after 14 days of therapy. In conclusion, S.putrefaciens should be considered in patients with predisposing factors as an unusual cause of pneumonia and the characteristics such as H2S production and sensitivity to third generation cephalosporins and penicillins should be used to differentiate it from Pseudomonas aeruginosa and prevent the unnecessary use of antipseudomonal antibiotics.

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Shewanella putrefaciens gram-negatif, nonfermentatif, oksidaz pozitif, hidrojen sülfür oluşturan hareketli bir basildir. Tüm dünyada, doğada ve özellikle su ve deniz ortamında yaygın olarak bulunmaktadır. Saprofit olarak kabul edilmekle birlikte, özellikle immün sistemi baskılanmış olgular ile altta yatan hastalığı olanlarda S.putrefaciens’in neden olduğu, başta deri ve yumuşak doku enfeksiyonları olmak üzere, çeşitli klinik tablolar bildirilmektedir. Ancak literatürde S.putrefaciens’e bağlı olarak oluşan pnömoni olgu sayısı son derece azdır. Bu raporda, S.putrefaciens’in neden olduğu bir pnömoni olgusunun sunulması amaçlanmıştır. Kırk üç yaşında kadın hasta, öksürük, ateş, balgam ve halsizlik şikayetleriyle hastanemize başvurmuştur. Olgunun, çocukluğundan beri bilinen bronşektazi yakınması olduğu ve pnömoni atakları nedeniyle periyodik olarak antibiyotik kullandığı öğrenilmiştir. Hastaya pnömoni tanısı klinik, radyolojik ve laboratuvar bulgularıyla konulmuş ve ampirik antibiyotik tedavisi olarak siprofloksasin ve seftazidim kombinasyonu başlanmıştır. Balgam örneğinin Gram ile boyalı direkt mikroskobik incelemesinde bol miktarda lökosit ve gram-negatif basil izlenmiş, balgam kültüründen izole edilen bakteri konvansiyonel yöntemler ve API 20 NE (BioMerieux, Fransa) sistemiyle S.putrefaciens olarak tanımlanmıştır. Kirby-Bauer disk difüzyon yöntemiyle izolatın seftriakson, seftazidim, sefepim, siprofloksasin, piperasilin-tazobaktam, sefoperazon-sulbaktam, imipenem, amikasin, gentamisin ve trimetoprim-sülfametoksazole duyarlı; ampisilin, amoksisilin-klavulanik asit, sefazolin ve sefuroksime dirençli olduğu belirlenmiştir. Antibiyogram sonucuna göre tedaviye seftriakson (1 x 2 g, intravenöz) ile devam edilmiştir. Tedavi 14 güne tamamlanarak hasta şifa ile taburcu edilmiştir. Sonuç olarak, pnömoni olgularında nadir rastlanılan bir patojen olan S.putrefaciens, özellikle predispozan faktörlere sahip olgularda akılda tutulmalı ve gereksiz olarak antipsödomonal antibiyotiklerin kullanılmaması açısından Pseudomonas aeruginosa’dan ayırt edilmesinde H2S pozitifliği ile antibiyogramda üçüncü kuşak sefalosporinlere ve penisilinlere duyarlı olma özellikleri göz önüne alınmalıdır.

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DURDU, B., DURDU, Y., GÜLEÇ, N., İSLİM, F., BİÇER, M. (2012). A rare cause of pneumonia: Shewanella putrefaciens. Mikrobiyoloji Bülteni, Cilt: 46 - Sayı: 1, 117–121. https://ajindex.com/articles/298660

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