Literature DB >> 14765362

Aeromonas meningitis complicating medicinal leech therapy.

John P Ouderkirk1, David Bekhor, Glenn S Turett, Raj Murali.   

Abstract

Medicinal leeches have an important and expanding role in medicine, but infection can complicate their use. We describe a unique case of Aeromonas meningitis associated with the use of leech therapy to salvage a skin flap after central nervous system surgery.

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Year:  2004        PMID： 14765362     DOI： 10.1086/381438

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Clin Infect Dis        ISSN： 1058-4838            Impact factor:   9.079


  9 in total

1.  Novel role for Aeromonas jandaei as a digestive tract symbiont of the North American medicinal leech.

Authors:  Mark E Siddall; Paul L Worthen; Matthew Johnson; Joerg Graf
Journal:  Appl Environ Microbiol       Date:  2006-11-17       Impact factor: 4.792

2.  Infection risk related to the use of medicinal leeches.

Authors:  Tiene G M Bauters; Franky M A Buyle; Gerda Verschraegen; Karen Vermis; Dirk Vogelaers; Geert Claeys; Hugo Robays
Journal:  Pharm World Sci       Date:  2007-03-13

Review 3.  The genus Aeromonas: taxonomy, pathogenicity, and infection.

Authors:  J Michael Janda; Sharon L Abbott
Journal:  Clin Microbiol Rev       Date:  2010-01       Impact factor: 26.132

4.  Posttraumatic brain abscess caused by Aeromonas hydrophila.

Authors:  Yesholata Mahabeer; Amanda Khumalo; Erastus Kiratu; Koleka Mlisana
Journal:  J Clin Microbiol       Date:  2014-03-12       Impact factor: 5.948

Review 5.  Medicinal leech therapy-an overall perspective.

Authors:  Ali K Sig; Mustafa Guney; Aylin Uskudar Guclu; Erkan Ozmen
Journal:  Integr Med Res       Date:  2017-08-10

Review 6.  Complications of leech therapy.

Authors:  Matineh Pourrahimi; Mojtaba Abdi; Roshanak Ghods
Journal:  Avicenna J Phytomed       Date:  2020 May-Jun

7.  Infections following the application of leeches: two case reports and review of the literature.

Authors:  Benjamin Maetz; Ralph Abbou; Jean Baptiste Andreoletti; Catherine Bruant-Rodier
Journal:  J Med Case Rep       Date:  2012-10-25

8.  External decontamination of wild leeches with hypochloric acid.

Authors:  Atakan Aydin; Hasan Nazik; Samet Vasfi Kuvat; Nezahat Gurler; Betigul Ongen; Serdar Tuncer; Emre Hocaoglu; Sinan Nur Kesim
Journal:  BMC Infect Dis       Date:  2004-08-25       Impact factor: 3.090

9.  Leech therapy for epidermoid cysts and review of the literature.

Authors:  Abbas Rasi; Alireza Faghihi; Mirhadi Aziz Jalali; Abbas Zamanian; Gholamhossein Ghaffarpour
Journal:  Adv Biomed Res       Date:  2014-03-31
  9 in total

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