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01.10.2011 | Correspondence
Biliary tract infection caused by Vibrio fluvialis in an immunocompromised patient
verfasst von:
W.-L. Liu, Y.-H. Chiu, C.-M. Chao, C.-C. Hou, C.-C. Lai
Erschienen in:
Infection
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Ausgabe 5/2011
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Excerpt
Vibriofluvialis is a curved gram-negative rod that can be found in coastal waters and seafood. Although
V. fluvialis was first isolated by Furniss et al. [
1], it rarely caused human infection. Acute gastroenteritis with diarrhea was the most common clinical presentation of
V. fluvialis infection and accounted for 10% of
Vibrio spp. gastroenteritis cases in a US survey [
2]. Extra-intestinal infections caused by
V. fluvialis were rarely reported as bacteremia, peritonitis, hemorrhagic cellulitis and cerebritis [
3‐
6]. Herein, we report a case of
V. fluvialis biliary tract infection in an immunocompromised patient. …