Vibrio metschnikovii bacteremia in a patient with cholecystitis.
Vibrio metschnikovii was isolated from the blood of an 82-year-old patient with peritonitis and an inflamed gallbladder. This is probably the first clinically significant isolate of this new vibrio.
D000368:Aged; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D014733:Vibrio / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014735:Vibrio Infections / Q000382:microbiology*