Severe diarrhoea caused by Aeromonas veronii biovar sobria in a patient with metastasised GIST

Sabine Gröbner; Alfred L Bissinger; Armin Raible; Peter Heeg; Ingo B Autenrieth; Susanne M Schmidt

Severe diarrhoea caused by Aeromonas veronii biovar sobria in a patient with metastasised GIST

Pol J Microbiol. 2007;56(4):277-9.

Authors

Sabine Gröbner¹, Alfred L Bissinger, Armin Raible, Peter Heeg, Ingo B Autenrieth, Susanne M Schmidt

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University of Tübingen, Germany. sabine.groebner@med.uni-tuebingen.de

PMID: 18254499

Abstract

This report describes the isolation of Aeromonas veronii biovar sobria as the causative enteropathogen of diarrhoea in an oncological patient after failure of detection of other infectious agents. The case points out the severe and long course of the infection, the diagnostic dilemma, and the prompt recovery after antibiotic treatment.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aeromonas / isolation & purification*
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Diarrhea / diagnosis
Diarrhea / drug therapy
Diarrhea / microbiology*
Female
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / complications*
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / diagnosis
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / drug therapy
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
Humans
Middle Aged

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents