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G A Pankey

Publications and source records attributed to G A Pankey.

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PubMed1976

Eikenella corrodens osteomyelitis, arthritis, and cellulitis of the hand.

Eikenella corrodens was isolated from an orally contaminated hand wound which resulted in cellulitis, osteomyelitis, and arthritis. E corrodens is a gram-negative, microaerophilic bacillus which only lately has received attention as a possible pathogen. The organism grows characteristically as small, corroding, or pitting colonies on blood agar. It typically requires hemin or blood for reliable aerobic growth. Oral contamination of wounds predisposes to infection with E. corrodens. The management of these infections includes treatment with an effective antibiotic and surgical debridement. Because it is gram-negative, microaerophilic, and often difficult to isolate, infections caused by E corrodens may mimic those caused by gram-negative obligate anaerobes. However, E corrodens is resistant to clindamycin and lincomycin and sensitive to most other commonly used antimicrobial agents.

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PubMed1975

Tissue invasion by unnamed marine vibrios.

Vibrio parahaemolyticus is an extremely common organism of major importance as a cause of gastroenteritis, but not common as a cause of tissue infection. Of three patients who had serious localized tissue infections, one died because of an unnamed marine Vibrio infection. Vibrios are easily isolated, although their final speciation is quite difficult in view of their unsettled taxonomic position. It is hoped that agreement can be reached as to bacteriologic genealogy; perhaps then the specific pathogenic manifestations will be clarified. The clinician should consider the possibility of this pathogen in any patient with a wound related to saltwater or seafood.

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