Ciprofloxacin-resistant Aeromonas hydrophila cellulitis following leech therapy
Case report published in Journal of Clinical Microbiology (2013)
Abstract
We report a case of surgical site infection with ciprofloxacin-resistant Aeromonas hydrophila following leech therapy. Antimicrobial and genetic analyses of leech and patient isolates demonstrated that the resistant isolates originated from the leech gut microbiota. These data suggest that ciprofloxacin monotherapy as a prophylaxis regimen prior to leech therapy may not be effective in preventing infection.
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Резюме
Surgical site cellulitis from ciprofloxacin-resistant Aeromonas hydrophila following leech therapy; antimicrobial and genetic analyses confirmed the resistant strain originated from the leech gut microbiota.
Почему это важно для гирудотерапии
This case report describes a surgical site infection with ciprofloxacin-resistant Aeromonas hydrophila following leech therapy. Antimicrobial and genetic analyses of both leech and patient isolates demonstrated that the resistant isolates originated from the leech gut microbiota. The authors suggest that ciprofloxacin monotherapy as a prophylaxis regimen prior to leech therapy may not be effective in preventing infection. This finding is relevant to hirudotherapy practice, as it provides microbiological and genetic evidence directly linking a drug-resistant pathogen to the leech gut. However, the evidence is limited to a single case report, and no data on the prevalence of ciprofloxacin-resistant A. hydrophila in leech populations or the comparative efficacy of alternative prophylactic regimens are presented.
Цитирование
Ciprofloxacin-resistant Aeromonas hydrophila cellulitis following leech therapy.
Giltner CL, Bobenchik AM, Uslan DZ, Deville JG, Humphries RM · Journal of clinical microbiology, 2013
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