Skin and Soft Tissue Infections (Patera Foot) in Immigrants, Spain

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Ternavasio-de la Vega, Hugo-Guillermo ; Ángel-Moreno, Alfonso ; Hernández-Cabrera, Michele ; Pisos-Álamo, Elena ; Bolaños-Rivero, Margarita ; Carranza-Rodriguez, Cristina ; Calderín-Ortega, Antonio ; Pérez-Arellano, José-Luis
• Description:
  An unusual skin and soft tissue infection of the lower limbs has been observed in immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa who cross the Atlantic Ocean crowded on small fishing boats (pateras). Response to conventional treatment is usually poor. Extreme extrinsic factors (including new pathogens) may contribute to the etiology of the infection and its pathogenesis.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Amputation Communicable Diseases, Emerging Dermatitis Disease Reservoirs Dispatch Emigration And Immigration Foot Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections Humans Immigrant Leg Male Patera Foot Shewanella Shewanella Algae Ships Skin And Soft Tissue Infection Skin Transplantation Soft Tissue Infections Syndrome Water Microbiology Young Adult

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 15(4):598-600.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Africa South of the Sahara ; Spain
• Location:
  Africa ; Europe
• Volume:
  15
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:466b024274c6f5075f8840fe0c77cfee894a6150eb490b25cd673879b938c091
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/17473/cdc_17473_DS1.pdf
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