ABSTRACT
Members of the genus Myroides are aerobic Gram-negative bacteria that are common in environmental sources, but are not components of the normal human microflora. Myroides organisms behave as low-grade opportunistic pathogens, causing infections in severely immunocompromised patients and rarely, in immunocompetent hosts. A case of Myroides odoratimimus cellulitis following a pig bite in an immunocompetent child is presented, and the medical literature on Myroides spp. soft tissue infections is reviewed.
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Bites and Stings/complications , Cellulitis/microbiology , Flavobacteriaceae Infections/microbiology , Flavobacteriaceae/isolation & purification , Soft Tissue Infections/microbiology , Adolescent , Animals , Cellulitis/diagnosis , Flavobacteriaceae Infections/diagnosis , Humans , Immunocompetence , Male , Soft Tissue Infections/diagnosis , SwineABSTRACT
Members of the genus Myroides are aerobic Gram-negative bacteria that are common in environmental sources, but are not components of the normal human microflora. Myroides organisms behave as low-grade opportunistic pathogens, causing infections in severely immunocompromised patients and rarely, in immunocompetent hosts. A case of Myroides odoratimimus cellulitis following a pig bite in an immunocompetent child is presented, and the medical literature on Myroides spp. soft tissue infections is reviewed.
Subject(s)
Adolescent , Animals , Humans , Male , Bites and Stings/complications , Cellulitis/microbiology , Flavobacteriaceae Infections/microbiology , Flavobacteriaceae/isolation & purification , Soft Tissue Infections/microbiology , Cellulitis/diagnosis , Flavobacteriaceae Infections/diagnosis , Immunocompetence , Swine , Soft Tissue Infections/diagnosisABSTRACT
Nocardia species are Gram-positive bacteria responsible for systemic or cutaneous infections in humans. Nocardia brasiliensis is the most common infective agent in the cutaneous form of nocardiosis. We describe a case of a previously healthy man, who presented with lymphocutaneous Nocardia brasiliensis infection, and was successfully treated with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. The identification of the isolate was confirmed by nucleotide sequence analysis of the 16S rRNA gene.