%0 Journal Article
%T Post-traumatic skin and soft tissue infection due to Aeromonas hydrophila
%A Behera Bijayini
%A Bhoriwal Sandeep
%A Mathur Purva
%A Sagar Sushma
%J Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine
%D 2011
%I Medknow Publications
%X We report a case of posttraumatic skin and soft tissue infection in a patient who sustained laceration after being hit by a water tanker. Aeromonas hydrophila was isolated from pus and was identified to the species level by Vitek 2 and a battery of biochemical tests. The patient responded to thorough drainage, debridement of wound and 2 weeks of intravenous antibiotics. The patient was taken up for split skin grafting of the raw area. She was discharged with satisfactory graft uptake after 1 week without any further antibiotics advice. Follow-up after 3 weeks was satisfactory with healthy cover on the raw area and normal weight bearing on the left leg.
%K Aeromonas hydrophila
%K skin and soft tissue infection
%K trauma
%U http://www.ijccm.org/article.asp?issn=0972-5229;year=2011;volume=15;issue=1;spage=49;epage=51;aulast=Behera