[Vibrio vulnificus].
A patient sustained a knife wound while cleaning eels and subsequently severe wound infection developed. Vibrio vulnificus was isolated from the wound and, on the basis of this, the main features of the epidemiology of the bacteria and the typical clinical pictures are reviewed.
Andersen
H K
HK
Klinisk mikrobiologisk afdeling, Københavns Amts Sygehus i Herlev.
D000061:Accidents, Home; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D005399:Fishes / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014735:Vibrio Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D014871:Water Microbiology; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000382:microbiology*
Vibrio vulnificus.