| Entry |
|
|---|
| Name |
Vibrio vulnificus infection
|
|---|
| Description |
Vibrio vulnificus is a gram-negative bacillus found in warm coastal waters. It causes two distinct syndromes: a primary septicemia related to seafood consumption and a necrotizing wound infection acquired by exposing open wounds to contaminated seawater.
|
|---|
| Category |
Infectious disease
 |
|---|
| Pathogen |
Vibrio vulnificus [GN: vvu vvy]
pore-forming toxin [KO: K10948 K10953]
membrane-damaging toxin [KO: K11018]
Chronic liver disease
Immunodeficiency
Iron storage disorders
End-stage renal disease
Diabetes mellitus
|
|---|
| Drug |
|
|---|
| Other DBs |
|
|---|
| Reference |
(drug) |
|---|
| Authors |
McPhee SJ, Papadakis MA, Tierney LM (ed). |
|---|
| Title |
Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2007, Forty-Sixth Edition |
|---|
| Journal |
The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (2007) |
|---|
| Reference |
PMID: 21177133 (description, env_factor, drug) |
|---|
| Authors |
Horseman MA, Surani S |
|---|
| Title |
A comprehensive review of Vibrio vulnificus: an important cause of severe sepsis and skin and soft-tissue infection. |
|---|
| Journal |
Int J Infect Dis 15:e157-66 (2011) |
|---|
| Reference |
|
|---|
| Authors |
Bross MH, Soch K, Morales R, Mitchell RB |
|---|
| Title |
Vibrio vulnificus infection: diagnosis and treatment. |
|---|
| Journal |
Am Fam Physician 76:539-44 (2007) |
|---|
