A case of non-O1 and non-O139 Vibrio cholerae septicemia with endophthalmitis in a cirrhotic patient.
Septicemia of Vibrio spp. such as non-O1 Vibrio cholerae presented with diarrhea, fasciitis, cellulitis or otitis media are common in cirrhotic patients (Lin, C.-J., Chiu, C.-T., Lin, D.-Y., et al., Am. J. Gastroenterol., 91, 336-340, 1996). It may result from a lower C3/C4 level, a lower serum ferritin level or opsonophagocytosis dysfunction. High mortality in such cases has been noted. However, endophthalmitis is rare in such patients, and has never been reported. We present a cirrhotic patient of non-O1 and non-O139 V. cholerae septicemia complicated with endophthalmitis.
Yang
Chin-Chao
CC
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
Lee
Bor-Jen
BJ
Yang
Sheng-Shun
SS
Lin
Yu-Hui
YH
Lee
Ya-Ling
YL
D016470:Bacteremia / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D009877:Endophthalmitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000150:complications* / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000821:virology; D008875:Middle Aged; D014735:Vibrio Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D014734:Vibrio cholerae / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D044163:Vibrio cholerae non-O1 / Q000302:isolation & purification*