A fatal case of Vibrio vulnificus meningoencephalitis.
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.
Kim
S J
SJ
Department of Neurology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea.
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BC
Kim
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Kim
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MK
Cho
K H
KH
Seo
J J
JJ
Shin
J H
JH
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*