title: Grimontia hollisae, a potential agent of gastroenteritis and bacteraemia in the Mediterranean area.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Fédération de Microbiologie Clinique, Hôpital de la Timone, 264 rue Saint Pierre, 13005, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Edouard
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Daumas
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Branger
authors.forename: J-M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Durand
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Raoult
authors.forename: P-E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Fournier
mesh_terms: 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*