TY - JOUR
KW - Anti-Bacterial Agents
KW - Blister
KW - Cefadroxil
KW - Female
KW - Foot Ulcer
KW - Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections
KW - Humans
KW - Leprosy, Borderline
KW - Leprosy, lepromatous
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Shewanella putrefaciens
AU - Bhalerao D S
AU - Kinikar A G
AU - Roushani S B
AU - Franklin V X
AB - <p>Female aged 55 years presented with signs and symptoms of borderline lepromatous leprosy and presence of a non-healing ulcer and multiple haemorrhagic blisters over dorsum of both feet. Discharge from the various lesions was subjected to microbiological examination and an unusual organism Shewanella purtefaciens was isolated which was sensitive to most routine antibiotics. Patient responded well to cephadroxil therapy with uneventful and complete healing of ulcer and blisters.</p>
BT - Indian journal of leprosy
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21434598?dopt=Abstract
DA - 2010 Oct-Dec
DO - 10.1002/gps.2707
IS - 4
J2 - Indian J Lepr
LA - eng
N2 - <p>Female aged 55 years presented with signs and symptoms of borderline lepromatous leprosy and presence of a non-healing ulcer and multiple haemorrhagic blisters over dorsum of both feet. Discharge from the various lesions was subjected to microbiological examination and an unusual organism Shewanella purtefaciens was isolated which was sensitive to most routine antibiotics. Patient responded well to cephadroxil therapy with uneventful and complete healing of ulcer and blisters.</p>
PY - 2010
SP - 205
EP - 7
T2 - Indian journal of leprosy
TI - Shewanelia putrefaciens: a rare microbial agent associated with a non-healing ulcer in a leprosy patient.
UR - http://www.ijl.org.in/archives/oct-dec-2010/Art5(Bhalerao%20et%20al)205-207.pdf
VL - 82
SN - 0254-9395
ER -