title: Vibrio fluvialis: an emerging human pathogen.
abstract: Vibrio fluvialis is a pathogen commonly found in coastal environs. Considering recent increase in numbers of diarrheal outbreaks and sporadic extraintestinal cases, V. fluvialis has been considered as an emerging pathogen. Though this pathogen can be easily isolated by existing culture methods, its identification is still a challenging problem due to close phenotypic resemblance either with Vibrio cholerae or Aeromonas spp. However, using molecular tools, it is easy to identify V. fluvialis from clinical and different environmental samples. Many putative virulence factors have been reported, but its mechanisms of pathogenesis and survival fitness in the environment are yet to be explored. This chapter covers some of the major discoveries that have been made to understand the importance of V. fluvialis.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases Kolkata, India.
authors.forename: Thandavarayan
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ramamurthy
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases Kolkata, India.
authors.forename: Goutam
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chowdhury
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases Kolkata, India.
authors.forename: Gururaja P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Pazhani
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Collaborative Research Center of Okayama University for Infectious Diseases in India Kolkata, India.
authors.forename: Sumio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shinoda
keywords: V. fluvialis; antimicrobial resistance; diarrhea; molecular typing; virulence factors