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J Pediatr Infect Dis 2008; 03(04): 279-281
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1556999
Case Report
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart – New York

Methylobacterium mesophilicum cellulitis and lymphangitis following a dog bite

Nahed M. Abdel-Haq
a   Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Division of Infectious Diseases, Carman and Ann Adams Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
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Basim I. Asmar
a   Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Division of Infectious Diseases, Carman and Ann Adams Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
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23 May 2008

28 July 2008

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28 July 2015 (online)

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Abstract

An 18-month-old boy was hospitalized with left hand cellulitis and lymphangitis following a dog bite that was contaminated with soil. Cultures grew pink colonies of Gram-negative bacilli identified as Methylobacterium mesophilicum. He was treated with local debridement and intravenous ampicillin/sulbactam followed by oral amoxicillin/clavulanate with complete resolution of symptoms.

Keywords

Methylobacterium mesophilicum - cellulitis - lymphangitis - dog bite