Multidrug-resistant Achromobacter animicus causing wound infection in a street child in Mwanza, Tanzania

Nyambura Moremi; Heike Claus; Marko Hingi; Ulrich Vogel; Stephen E Mshana

doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2017.02.002

Multidrug-resistant Achromobacter animicus causing wound infection in a street child in Mwanza, Tanzania

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2017 May;88(1):58-61. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2017.02.002. Epub 2017 Feb 10.

Authors

Nyambura Moremi¹, Heike Claus², Marko Hingi³, Ulrich Vogel⁴, Stephen E Mshana⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Bugando, Mwanza, Tanzania; Institute of Hygiene and Microbiology, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany. Electronic address: nyamburasogone@gmail.com.
² Institute of Hygiene and Microbiology, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany. Electronic address: hclaus@hygiene.uni-wuerzburg.de.
³ Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Bugando, Mwanza, Tanzania. Electronic address: markohingi@gmail.com.
⁴ Institute of Hygiene and Microbiology, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany. Electronic address: vogel_u@ukw.de.
⁵ Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Bugando, Mwanza, Tanzania. Electronic address: mshana72@yahoo.com.

PMID: 28215715
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2017.02.002

Abstract

Achromobacter animicus (A. animicus) is an aerobic, motile, gram-negative, non-fermenting small bacillus that can also grow anaerobically with potassium nitrate. It has been isolated from sputum of humans suffering from respiratory infections. Literature regarding the role of A. animicus in wound infections is limited. We report a first case of a chronic post-traumatic wound infection caused by a multidrug-resistant A. animicus in a street child from Africa and accompanied diagnostic challenges.

Keywords: Achromobacter animicus; Street child; Tanzania; Wound infection.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Achromobacter / classification
Achromobacter / drug effects
Achromobacter / genetics
Achromobacter / isolation & purification*
Adolescent
Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
Bacterial Proteins / genetics
Cluster Analysis
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / diagnosis*
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / pathology
Homeless Youth
Humans
Male
Phylogeny
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Sequence Homology
Tanzania
Wound Infection / diagnosis*
Wound Infection / microbiology*
Wound Infection / pathology

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Bacterial Proteins