Selection of a multidrug-resistant Aeromonas during medicinal leech therapy
Case report published in New Microbes and New Infections (2017)
Abstract
We report the selection in a 15-year-old boy of a multidrug-resistant, extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Aeromonas salmonicida after medicinal leech therapy that required an antibiotic prophylaxis based on piperacillin/tazobactam and cotrimoxazole. Whole genome sequencing of the strain indeed revealed 13 antibiotic resistance genes, including the ESBL CTX-M-3 and the unusual β-lactamase SCO-1.
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Резюме
15-year-old boy receiving medicinal leech therapy under piperacillin/tazobactam and cotrimoxazole prophylaxis developed multidrug-resistant ESBL-producing Aeromonas with 13 antibiotic resistance genes including CTX-M-3 and SCO-1.
Почему это важно для гирудотерапии
This report documents selection of a multidrug-resistant, extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Aeromonas salmonicida in a 15-year-old boy during medicinal leech therapy requiring piperacillin/tazobactam and cotrimoxazole prophylaxis. Whole genome sequencing revealed 13 antibiotic resistance genes, including CTX-M-3 and the unusual β-lactamase SCO-1. For ASH's domain, this case directly highlights an emerging safety concern in hirudotherapy: the potential for leech-associated Aeromonas to harbor or acquire clinically important resistance mechanisms, complicating prophylaxis. The honest caveat is that this is a single case report involving one patient and one strain; it cannot establish incidence or general risk, and it provides no efficacy or comparative outcome data.
Цитирование
Selection of a multidrug-resistant Aeromonas during medicinal leech therapy.
Ruppé E, Cherkaoui A, Wagner N et al. · New microbes and new infections, 2017
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