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J Med Microbiol 56 (2007), 1563-1564; DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47202-0
© 2007 Society for General Microbiology
ISSN 1473-5644

Case Report

Tracheobronchitis caused by Aeromonas veronii biovar sobria after near-drowning

Mara Bossi-Küpfer1, Aaron Genini2, Raffaele Peduzzi1 and Antonella Demarta1

1 Cantonal Institute of Microbiology, Via Mirasole 22A, 6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland

2 Intensive Care Unit, Regional Hospital, 6900 Lugano, Switzerland

Correspondence
Antonella Demarta
antonella.demarta{at}ti.ch

Received 1 February 2007
Accepted 2 July 2007

A 19-year-old man developed an acute tracheobronchitis shortly after having been rescued from a near-drowning in a river where previous investigations had demonstrated the presence of 500 c.f.u. ml–1 of Aeromonas sp. in the water. An isolate of Aeromonas veronii biovar sobria was identified as the causative agent of the tracheobronchitis. The causality was supported by the massive growth of A. veronii in bronchial secretion, the presence of a type III secretion system in the bacterial isolate, and the strong haemolytic activity of the strain on blood agar.

Abbreviations: TTSS, type III secretion system.

The GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the gyrB sequence of the Aeromonas veronii strain is AM490258.






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