Wound infection caused by Photobacterium damselae in a 32-year-old woman: case report and review of the literature

摘要

The case of a 32-year-old woman is reported, who was affected by a persisting wound infection caused by Photobacterium damselae after an accident in the Mediterranean Sea. Besides the clinical case, microbiological characteristics based on the phenotypic and genotypic description of the isolate (including whole genome data) are presented and discussed.