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CELLULITE OWING TO AEROMONAS HYDROPHILIA: TREATMENT WITH HYPERBARIC OXYGEN
Author(s) -
Mathur Manu N.,
Patrick William G.,
Unsworth Ian P.,
Bennett Felicity M.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1995.tb00661.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cellulitis , aeromonas , hyperbaric oxygen , gas gangrene , bioburden , surgery , cellulite , debridement (dental) , bacteria , genetics , biology
Aeromonas hydrophilia , a Gram‐negative facultative anaerobe, is a rare cause of cellulitis. We review the literature and report a case of Aeromonas hydrophilia cellulitis which failed to respond to the conventional management of surgical debridement and antibiotics. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy was used successfully to control the infection. As far as we are aware this is the first case in world literature of Aeromonas hydrophilia cellulitis treated with hyperbaric oxygen.