[Vibrio vulnificus sepsis].
A 59-year-old female patient with a history of malignant lymphoma presented with symptoms of septicaemia. The skin of the extremities showed bullous, necrotizing plaques. Blood culture revealed Vibrio vulnificus as the causative organism. The infection was most likely acquired while swimming in the unusually warm Baltic Sea through inadvertent swallowing of sea water. The disease is rare in Europe. It is discussed in view of its typical clinical and histological picture.
Krengel
Sven
S
Klinik für Dermatologie und Venerologie, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck. svenkrengel@gmx.net
Kuhnt-Lenz
Kristiane
K
Fetscher
Sebastian
S
Solbach
Werner
W
Wolff
Helmut H
HH
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002439:Cefotaxime / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D012074:Remission Induction; D018805:Sepsis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D016463:Sweet Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis; D013550:Swimming; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014735:Vibrio Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D041261:Vibrio vulnificus / Q000302:isolation & purification
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002439:Cefotaxime