title: Vibrio fluvialis hemorrhagic cellulitis and cerebritis.
abstract: We describe a case of Vibrio fluvialis hemorrhagic cellulitis and cerebritis following multiple fire-ant stings and wading in brackish water. A high index of suspicion is required for diagnosis of this specific pathogen and concordant infection. This is, to our knowledge, the first report of this type of wound infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chia-Yi, Hsien 613, Taiwan. kc2672@adm.cgmh.org.tw
authors.forename: Kuo-Chin
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Robert Wen-Wei
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Hsu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001000:Ants / Q000382:microbiology; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000150:complications*; D002481:Cellulitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006470:Hemorrhage; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014733:Vibrio / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014735:Vibrio Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000635:transmission*; D014871:Water Microbiology