Grimontia hollisae, a potential agent of gastroenteritis and bacteraemia in the Mediterranean area.
Vibrio hollisae was first described in 1982 as an agent of diarrhoea and was reclassified in 2003 into a novel genus as Grimontia hollisae. We report the first case of G. hollisae bacteraemia in the Mediterranean area, in an 81-year-old man with a severe gastroenteritis and hepatitis following the consumption of raw oysters. The incidence of this micro-organism as an agent of gastroenteritis may be underestimated because it may not be detected using routine culture conditions.
Edouard
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Fédération de Microbiologie Clinique, Hôpital de la Timone, 264 rue Saint Pierre, 13005, Marseille, France.
Daumas
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Branger
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Durand
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Raoult
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Fournier
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D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000818:Animals; D005517:Foodborne Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000382:microbiology*; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019083:Mediterranean Region; D010125:Ostreidae / Q000382:microbiology; D014737:Vibrionaceae / Q000302:isolation & purification*