TY - JOUR PY - 2019// TI - Catfish bite case report JO - Wilderness and environmental medicine A1 - LeBlond, Lawrence SP - ePub EP - ePub VL - ePub IS - ePub N2 - Although catfish are found worldwide and commonly consumed in the southern United States, fatal infections from catfish are rare. Edwardsiella tarda is a bacterium known to cause gastrointestinal distress most commonly, but extraintestinal infections are a rarely considered danger for those acquiring, preparing, and consuming aquatic animals. Susceptible to all gram-negative active antibiotics, it is easily treated except in immunocompromised hosts, such as those with malignancy, diabetes, and hepatic dysfunction.

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LA - en SN - 1080-6032 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wem.2019.04.004 ID - ref1 ER -