Simultaneous Isolation of Vibrio vulnificus and Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Blood from a Liver Cirrhosis Patient: Importance of Detection and Identification of Both Species
Year: 2004
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: A 56-year-old woman with underlying liver cirrhosis was hospitalized with chief complaints of fever, which developed after eating raw fish on the previous day. On physical examination, she showed hypotension. Vibrio vulnificus and Vibrio parahaemolyticus strains were simultaneously isolated from blood cultures, and the patient recovered after treatment with antibiotics including cefotaxime. To our knowledge, simultaneous isolation of both V vulnificus and V parahaemolyticus from the blood has never been documented before in Korea or any other countries. When blood cultures from a patient with underlying disease such as liver disease show growth of gram-negative bacilli in the summer months, microbiologists in Korea, where Vibrio infection is prevalent, should be aware of the possi占줮ility that V. vulnificus and other Vibrio spp. can be isolated simultaneously. An accurate identifica占쥁ion of all isolates is important, because antimicrobial susceptibility patterns. severity and prognosis of the infection are different significantly depending on species.
Authors: Sin-Young Kim, Dongeun Yong, Young-Sook Sohn, Kyungwon Lee, Yun-Sop Chong, Jae-Yoon Jeon
Language: English
Subfield: Microbiology
Field: Immunology and Microbiology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2398909938