Pseudcimonas (Shewanella) putrefaciens

Type: Parasite
Name: Pseudcimonas (Shewanella) putrefaciens
Importance- to Body:
Cutaneous Infection
Distribution- in Body:
Skin; Otitis media in divers. Soft tissue infections such as cellulitis in patients with chronic infection/stasis of the lower extremities and liver disease.
Epidemiology: Gram-negative rod
Food Sources:
Rotten meat, Rotten Dairy Products
Environmental/Geographic Sources:
Soil, Water
Diagonosis:
Microbiologic cultures. Produces massive amounts of hydrogen sulfide in triple sugar agar.
Treatment:
Ciprofloxacin, ceftriaxone, ceftazidime, cefepirne,piperacillin, ticarcillin, piperacillinlmzobacoam, titarcillinlclavulanate, imipenem, meropenem, amikacin, tobramycin.
Supplemental information:
Source: Cutaneous Manifestations Of Waterborne Infections by: Lucinda Elko, MD, RPh, Keith Rosenbach, MD, PhD*, and John Sinnott, MD