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<p>Created page with &quot;== Soft Tissue Infections == {| class=&quot;wikitable&quot; !Organism !Micro !Distribution !Other Notes |- |<a href="/Aeromonas" title="Aeromonas"><i>Aeromonas</i></a> |Gram-negative bacillus |Worldwide in warm fresh and brackish water |Often following alligator, fish, snake, or freshwater leech bites. Can also cause hemorrhagic diarrhea |- |<a href="/Chromobacterium_violaceum" title="Chromobacterium violaceum"><i>Chromobacterium violaceum</i></a> |Gram-negative bacillus with violet colonies |Soil and water in tropical and subtropical regions |Usually following laceration or bite with exposure to brack...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>== Soft Tissue Infections ==<br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable&quot;<br /> !Organism<br /> !Micro<br /> !Distribution<br /> !Other Notes<br /> |-<br /> |[[Aeromonas]]<br /> |Gram-negative bacillus<br /> |Worldwide in warm fresh and brackish water<br /> |Often following alligator, fish, snake, or freshwater leech bites. Can also cause hemorrhagic diarrhea<br /> |-<br /> |[[Chromobacterium violaceum]]<br /> |Gram-negative bacillus with violet colonies<br /> |Soil and water in tropical and subtropical regions<br /> |Usually following laceration or bite with exposure to brackish or stagnant water<br /> |-<br /> |[[Edwardsiella tarda]]<br /> |Gram-negative bacillus<br /> |<br /> |Causes emphysematous putrefactive disease of catfish<br /> |-<br /> |[[Shewanella]]<br /> |Gram-negative bacillus<br /> |Worldwide in temperate and tropical saltwater<br /> |<br /> |-<br /> |[[Vibrio vulnificus]]<br /> |Gram-negative bacillus<br /> |Warm, low to moderate salinity water, particularly US Atlantic and Guld of Mexico<br /> |Particularly associated with oysters. Causes gastroenteritis, bacteremia, and necrotizing soft tissue infections. More common in men.<br /> |-<br /> |[[Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae]]<br /> |Gram-positive bacillus often misidentified as [[Lactobacillus]] or [[Listeria]]<br /> |<br /> |Following injury during fish handling.<br /> |-<br /> |[[Mycobacterium marinum]] and other [[NTM]]<br /> |Acid-fast bacillus<br /> |Fresh and saltwater<br /> |<br /> |-<br /> |[[Streptococcus iniae]]<br /> |Gram-positive, beta-hemolytic coccus<br /> |Freshwater, particularly associated with farm-raised fish<br /> |<br /> |}<br /> <br /> == Further Reading ==<br /> <br /> * Skin and Soft Tissue Infections Following Marine Injuries and Exposures in Travelers. &#039;&#039;J Trav Med&#039;&#039;. 2014;21(3):207–213. doi: [https://doi.org/10.1111/jtm.12115 10.1111/jtm.12115]</div>

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