CELLULITIS OWING TO AEROMONAS HYDROPHILIA - TREATMENT WITH HYPERBARIC-OXYGEN

Aeromonas hydrophilia, a Gram-negative facultative anaerobe, is a rare cause of cellulitis. We review the literature and report a case of Ae romonas hydrophilia cellulitis which failed to respond to the conventi onal management of surgical debridement and antibiotics. Hyperbaric ox ygen therapy was used successfully to control the infection. As far as we are aware this is the first case in world literature of Aeromonas hydrophilia cellulitis treated with hyperbaric oxygen.