Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
1-1-2015
Journal
Dermatology Online Journal
Volume
21
Issue
8
Abstract
Leclercia adecarboxylata is a rarely described motile, aerobic, gram-negative bacillus reported to cause clinically significant solitary infections in immunocompromised patients and polymicrobial wound infections in immunocompetent patients [1-5]. We present a case of a polymicrobial infection including L. adecarboxylata in a healthy female patient with a subungual splinter, to increase awareness and aid in the diagnosis and treatment of cutaneous L. adecarboxylata infections. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of trauma-related subungual L. adecarboxylata infection reported in the dermatology literature.
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APA Citation
Allawh, Rina; & Camp, Brendan J. (2015). Isolation of Leclercia adecarboxylata from a patient with a subungual splinter. Dermatology Online Journal, 21(8). doj: 28443. Retrieved from: http://escholarship.org/uc/item/2hb6x3c9
Peer Reviewed
1
Open Access
1
Comments
Reproduced with permission of eScholarship. Dermatology Online Journal.