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

The patient complained of postprandial anorexia with development of excruciating pain in both lower limbs followed by blister formation of the overlying skin of lower extremities. Culture in Robertson's Cooked Meat (RCM) broth showed pleomorphic Gram-positive bacilli with oval, sub-terminal spores (Fig.lc). [...]during his hospital stay, he developed multiple non-healing ulcers on the front and back of torso along with fever, vomiting, diarrhea and anorexia (Fig. 4). Aerobic culture on MacConkey's agar and 5% SBA showed growth of oxidase positive, catalase producing NLF GNB colonics.