A Successful Treatment of <I>Vibrio vulnificus</I> Infection

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  • 救命し得た<I>Vibrio vulnificus</I>感染症の1例
  • 臨床 救命し得たVibrio vulnificus感染症の1例
  • リンショウ キュウメイ シエタ Vibrio vulnificus カンセンショウ ノ 1レイ
  • A Successful Treatment of Vibrio vulnificus Infection

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Abstract

A 65-year-old male patient with a history of alcoholism visited our outpatient clinic complaining of nausea and diarrhea followed by dizziness. Erythema and swelling with partial exfoliation on the right forearm to hand and right thigh were noticed. Vibrio vulnificus was isolated from the purulent discharge of the skin. Due to urgent and intensive treatment of bacterial shock and antimicrobial drugs, the patient fully recovered three months later. We believe that the patient survived from this fatal infection because; 1) the isolates were highly sensitive to a wide variety of antibiotics, 2) the antibiotic therapy was started immediately, with an alternative usage of different antibiotics, and 3) the liver dysfunction of the patient had not been severely damaged by alcohol before the infection.

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  • Kansenshogaku Zasshi

    Kansenshogaku Zasshi 76 (5), 391-395, 2002

    The Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases

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