title: [Vibrio vulnificus in Mexico: a case report and review of the literature].
abstract: Vibrio vulnificus is an etiologic agent of septicemia and skin lesions. Patients with chronic diseases, and more frequently chronic liver disease, are specially susceptible to this infection. The main risk factor is shellfish ingestion. In this report we present a patient with chronic liver disease who suffered fulminant sepsis and necro-hemorrhagic bullaes secondary to a V. vulnificus infection. The patient had ingested shrimps two days before. A review of the recent literature on the subject is also presented.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Infectología, Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, México, D.F.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Porras-Cortés
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Viana
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chávez-Mazari
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sierra-Madero
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007868:Leg Dermatoses / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000821:virology; D008800:Mexico; D012874:Skin Diseases, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000821:virology; D014735:Vibrio Infections / Q000175:diagnosis
vernacular_title: Vibrio vulnificus en México: reporte de un caso y revisión de la literatura.