@article{ref1,
title="Case report: isolation of Hydrogenophaga from septic blood culture following near-death drowning in lakewater",
journal="Access microbiology",
year="2023",
author="Feichtinger, Stuart and Lazar, Angela A. and Luebbe, Megan A. and Accola, Molly A. and Jung-Hynes, Brittney D. and Anderson, Patti J. and Koglin, Kelly M. and Schliesman, Karen S. and Ehlenbach, William and Smith, Jeannina and Chen, Derrick J. and Rehrauer, William M. and Bailey, Adam L.",
volume="5",
number="9",
pages="000533.v4-000533.v4",
abstract="A patient suffered a non-fatal wet drowning in a freshwater lake and developed bacteraemia several days later. Blood culture grew a Gram-negative rod that could not be identified by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS). 16S ribosomal RNA sequencing of the isolate identified the microbe as Hydrogenophaga laconesensis - an environmental microbe commonly found in freshwater. The recovery of multiple pathogenic micro-organisms (although not H. laconesensis ) from culture of respiratory specimens prompted the initiation of antibiotic therapy with cefepime and, later, vancomycin. The patient's clinical course gradually improved over the course of 2 weeks and she was ultimately discharged home with minimal sequelae. To our knowledge, this is the first evidence of human infection with bacteria in the genus Hydrogenophaga. Hydrogenophaga may be considered in cases of freshwater near-drowning, and MALDI-TOF MS databases should be updated to include H. laconesensis.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2516-8290",
doi="10.1099/acmi.0.000533.v4",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/acmi.0.000533.v4"
}