title: A fatal case of Vibrio vulnificus meningoencephalitis.
abstract: The objective of this paper is to report a rare case of Vibrio vulnificus presenting as meningoencephalitis without a wound infection. Vibrio vulnificus is capable of causing severe and often fatal infections in susceptible individuals. It commonly causes necrotizing wound infections, primary septicemia, and gastroenteritis. A 69-year-old man had meningoencephalitis with lesion on the red nucleus, substantia nigra, basal ganglia, and dentate nucleus as the initial clinical manifestation of a V. vulnificus infection. This is the first case of V. vulnificus infection in which MRI demonstrated the involvement of deep nuclei of the brain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Seo
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Shin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001772:Blood Cell Count; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000097:blood / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014735:Vibrio Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology*; D041261:Vibrio vulnificus / Q000502:physiology*