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A Salmonella enteritidis strain isolated from the wound secretion of a patient with tibial plateau fracture

  • LIU Ling ,
  • TAN Wenmin ,
  • LI Jingcheng ,
  • HAN Feng ,
  • SANG Shenggang
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  • Department of Laboratory, the First Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Haikou 570102, Hainan Province, China

Received date: 2022-08-03

  Online published: 2023-02-25

Abstract

The clinical microbiology laboratory of the First Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University isolated and cultured a Gram-negative bacillus strain from the wound secretion of a patient with left tibial plateau fracture on June 16, 2022, which was confirmed to be Salmonella entrica subsp. enterica serotype enteritidis by automatic microbial identification system and matrix-assisted laser desorption / ionization time of flight mass spectrometry(MALDI TOF-MS)experiments. The patient was treated with meropenem 1.0 g q8h intravenous drip for 9 d. According to the results of etiological detection and drug susceptible test, the following medication regimen was adopted: piperacillin tazobactam sodium 4.5 g q6h intravenous drip for 5 d, meropenem 1.0 g q8h intravenous drip for 19 d, vancomycin 1.0 g q12h intravenous drip for 10 d, and debridement and drainage of left tibial plateau infection, the patient was cured and discharged.

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LIU Ling , TAN Wenmin , LI Jingcheng , HAN Feng , SANG Shenggang . A Salmonella enteritidis strain isolated from the wound secretion of a patient with tibial plateau fracture[J]. Journal of Microbes and Infections, 2023 , 18(1) : 29 -34 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-6184.2023.01.004

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