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KMID : 1100820210110010073
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Laboratory Medicine Online
2021 Volume.11 No. 1 p.73 ~ p.77
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A Case of Bergeyella zoohelcum Isolated from a Patient with Cellulitis after a Dog Bite
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Jung Ki-Wook
Park Jae-Hyeon
Kang Chang-Kyung
Kim Taek-Soo
Park Hyun-Woong
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Abstract
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Bergeyella zoohelcum is an aerobic gram-negative bacillus frequently found in the normal oral flora of mammals. It rarely causes human infection; most reported infection cases were associated with animal bites. In this study, we report a case of cellulitis after a dog bite caused by B. zoohelcum. A sixty-six-year-old woman presented to the hospital due to soft tissue infection (a finger); the woman was bitten by a dog two days prior to the hospital visit. Gram-negative bacilli were isolated from pus cultures; identified via MALDI-TOF MS, 16s rRNA sequencing, and automated identification systems revealed B. zoohelcum. This is the first report of an infectious disease caused by B. zoohelcum in Korea.
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KEYWORD
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Bergeyella zoohelcum, Cellulitis, Dog bite
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