Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of 17 patients with Shewanella algae infection

Patient	Age/sex	Additional microorganisms isolated from same sample	Clinical picture	Exposure to seawater within 4 weeks	Final outcome
1	6/F	None	Otitis externa	Yes	Positive
2	7/M	Vibrio alginolyticus	Otitis externa	Yes	Positive
3	8/F	V. alginolyticus	Otitis externa	Yes	Positive
4	9/F	Klebsiella oxytoca	Otitis externa	Yes	Positive
5	71/M	None	Otitis externa	Yes	Positive
6	83/M	None	Acute pneumonia	No	Positive
7	75/M	None	Acute pneumonia	Yes	Positive
8	80/M	None	Sepsis	No	Positive
9	92/F	None	Sepsis	No	Died from acute sepsis
10	82/F	None	Sepsis	Yes	Positive
11a	68/F	None; Pseudomonas aeruginosa	Sepsis; acute pneumonia	Yes	Positive
12	78/M	None	Sepsis	No	Positive
13	70/F	Staphylococcus aureus, Acinetobactecter baumannii, Escherichia coli	Skin and soft tissue infection	Yes	Positive
14	73/F	Myroides spp.	Skin and soft tissue infection	Yes	Positive
15	65/F	Staphylococcus aureus	Skin and soft tissue infection	No	Positive
16	66/M	Morganella morganii	Skin and soft tissue infection	Yes	Positive
17	43/M	None	Skin and soft tissue infection	Yes	Positive

^aOnly patient from whom S. algae was isolated from two different samples (blood and bronchial aspiration).