Intracranial infection by Vibrio alginolyticus following injury in salt water.
A 20-year-old man presented with an epidural abscess 3 months after a seawater diving accident. Cultures of the abscess cavity obtained by surgical drainage revealed a pure culture of Vibrio alginolyticus. Marine vibrios may produce serious intracranial infection after head injury in salt water.
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D000328:Adult; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D004824:Epidural Space; D005624:Frontal Bone / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012623:Seawater; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000150:complications*; D014733:Vibrio / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014735:Vibrio Infections / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D014871:Water Microbiology