Vibrio vulnificus: an unusual mode of acquisition and novel use of rapid susceptibility testing.
Infection with Vibrio vulnificus is uncommon in Europe but is associated with necrotising wound infections and life-threatening septicaemia. This case is one of infection most likely to have been acquired from a thermal pool in Turkey without preceding exposure to seawater or shellfish. The report also describes how early management was optimised using gradient diffusion antibiotic strips to provide rapid susceptibility data.
Partridge
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Department of Microbiology, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Northern General Hospital, UK. david.partridge@sth.nhs.uk
Townsend
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Larkin
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Parsons
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D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007299:Insect Bites and Stings / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests / Q000379:methods; D009094:Mud Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D014195:Travel; D014735:Vibrio Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000635:transmission*; D041261:Vibrio vulnificus / Q000187:drug effects*; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology