J Korean Diabetes.  2011 Sep;12(3):174-177. 10.4093/jkd.2011.12.3.174.

A Case of Diabetic Foot Infection due to Leclercia adecarboxylata

• Choi YH
• Yoon HJ
• Yang SE
• Jo SM
• Yun KH
• Lee JA
• Kim JM

• KMID: 2059846
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4093/jkd.2011.12.3.174

Abstract

Leclercia adecarboxylata is a motile, Gram-negative, facultative anaerobic bacillus of the Enterobacteriaceae family. L. adecarboxylata is an opportunistic human pathogen that phenotypically resembles Escherichia coli, although L. adecarboxylata has been rarely isolated from clinical specimens. Here we report a case of diabetic foot infection due to L. adecarboxylata, which has never been reported in Korea.

Keyword

Enterobacteriaceae; Diabetic foot

MeSH Terms

Bacillus
Diabetic Foot
Enterobacteriaceae
Escherichia coli
Humans
Korea

Figure

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  Fig. 1. Left lower extremity angiograph. Segmental obstruction and stenosis along proximal segment of the left anterior tibial artery with distal sluggish flow (arrow head).

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