Uncommon skin and soft tissue infections encountered in adults and children caused by different aerobic, anaerobic bacteria and protistan organism: A series of cases from Kolkata, India

Abstract

Skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) result from microbial invasion and may be mono or polymicrobial in etiology. The present retrospective record-based study described five uncommon SSTIs from a medical college hospital of West Bengal. Clinical samples were collected and processed following standard microbiological procedures and guidelines. Identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing of etiological agents, wherever applicable, were done by conventional and automated (Vitek-2 Compact) system. We found a case of spontaneous gas gangrene caused by Clostridium septicum, Group-A â-hemolytic Streptococcus mediated necrotizing fasciitis; lesions of Burkholderia pseudomallei and Burkholderia cepacia complex and that of disseminated rhinosporidiosis caused by Rhinosporidium seeberi. We infer that strong clinical suspicion may surface uncommon etiology from unusual presentations of SSTIs making their diagnosis, treatment and relief rapid and uneventful.