Ciprofloxacin-resistant Aeromonas hydrophila cellulitis following leech therapy.

Jan 2013

Giltner CL, Bobenchik AM, Uslan DZ, Deville JG, Humphries RM.

Source

David Geffen School of Medicine, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.

Abstract

We report a case of surgical site infection following leech-therapy caused by ciprofloxacin-resistant Aeromonas hydrophila. Antimicrobial and genetic analyses of leech and patient isolates demonstrated resistant isolates originated from the leech-gut-microbiota. These data suggest that ciprofloxacin-monotherapy as a prophylaxis regime prior to leech-therapy may not be effective in preventing infection.

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