Clinical and Bacteriological Studies on a Case with Infectious Disease Caused by Vibrio vulnificus

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  • <I>Vibrio vulnificus</I>感染症に関する臨床細菌学的検討
  • Vibrio vulnificus感染症に関する臨床細菌学的検討
  • Vibrio vulnificus カンセンショウ ニ カンスル リンショウ

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Abstract

In the present paper we describe the bacteriological feature of Vibrio vulnificus isolated from blood and lesions in the left upper extremity in a patient with cirrhosis of the liver, and its clinical finding.<BR>Gram-negative bacterium isolated was consistent with Vibrio vulnificus described by Hollis et al. (1976). The organisms were sensitive to most antibiotics including Penicillin, Cephalosporin and Aminoglycoside by means of susceptibility test. The optimum temperature for culture of Vibrio vulnificus was in the range of 24-41 & deg;C, and the best growth was found to be at 37 & deg;Cwith a pepton solution containing 3% sodium chloride.<BR>The patient was admitted because of chief complains of fever and diarrhea. The illness began with septicemia within 24 hours after eating dried fish. There was no history of a wound infection after exposure to seawater. The patient was found to have disseminated intravascular coagulation associated with septic shock on the basis of laboratory data on admission day, and died on 7 hospital days.

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  • Kansenshogaku Zasshi

    Kansenshogaku Zasshi 56 (11), 1032-1037, 1982

    The Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases

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