Ciprofloxacin-Resistant Aeromonas hydrophila Cellulitis following Leech Therapy | Zendy

Carmen L. Giltner | Zendy; April M. Bobenchik | Zendy; Daniel Z. Uslan | Zendy; Jaime Deville | Zendy; Romney M. Humphries | Zendy

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Ciprofloxacin-Resistant Aeromonas hydrophila Cellulitis following Leech Therapy

Author(s) -

Carmen L. Giltner,

April M. Bobenchik,

Daniel Z. Uslan,

Jaime Deville,

Romney M. Humphries

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

journal of clinical microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349

H-Index - 255

eISSN - 1070-633X

pISSN - 0095-1137

DOI - 10.1128/jcm.03217-12

Subject(s) - leech , aeromonas hydrophila , ciprofloxacin , cellulitis , microbiology and biotechnology , antimicrobial , aeromonas , biology , medicine , antibiotics , immunology , bacteria , genetics , world wide web , computer science

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

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