title: Urease-positive Vibrio parahaemolyticus strain.
abstract: An unusual strain of Vibrio parahaemolyticus was isolated from the site of a perforated appendix. This was the first reported case in which the vibrios demonstrated a positive urease reaction. In other respects, the strain conformed to the general characteristics of V. parahaemolyticus. It was susceptible to chloramphenicol, sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim, tetracycline, neomycin, triple sulpha, gentamicin, and polymyxin B and produced the "Kanagawa phenomenon". However, its role as a causative pathogen of the diarrhea of the patient was debatable.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D013492:Suppuration / Q000382:microbiology; D014510:Urease / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D014736:Vibrio parahaemolyticus / Q000201:enzymology / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D014510:Urease