Journal article
Aeromonas Infection After Medicinal Leech Therapy: Case Reports and Review of the Literature
Infectious diseases in clinical practice (Baltimore, Md.), Vol.10(4), pp.211-218
05/2001
DOI: 10.1097/00019048-200105000-00007
Abstract
Medicinal leech therapy used in the setting of vascular congestion after reconstructive surgery may be complicated by infection with Aeromonas, a leech endosymbiont. We have reviewed the features of 25 cases of leech-related Aeromonas infection. The severity of such infections can range from mild cellulitis to bacteremia and septic shock. There is a significant risk of flap or replantation loss as well. Recommended treatment includes prompt debridement of affected tissues and administration of antibiotics, generally a third-generation cephalosporin or fluoroquinolone. Prophylaxis for Aeromonas infection during leech use may be prudent, although the impact of prophylactic antibiotics on the risk of infection after leech application is unknown.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Aeromonas Infection After Medicinal Leech Therapy: Case Reports and Review of the Literature
- Creators
- Nina M. ClarkJohn E. FeminoCarol E. Chenoweth
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Infectious diseases in clinical practice (Baltimore, Md.), Vol.10(4), pp.211-218
- DOI
- 10.1097/00019048-200105000-00007
- ISSN
- 1056-9103
- eISSN
- 1536-9943
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/2001
- Academic Unit
- Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
- Record Identifier
- 9984303972802771
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