First isolation of Vibrio vulnificus causing sepsis in Santa Catarina, Brazil Isolation of Vibrio vulnificus in Brazil

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  • Bruna Gerardon Batista UFRGS
  • Sidnei Alves dos Santos Júnior Hospital Divina Providência
  • Alzira Resende do Carmo Aquino Laboratório Unilab
  • Rodrigo Argenta Hospital Divina Providência

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Vibrio vulnificus, infection, immunocompromised, seawater

Resumo

Vibrio vulnificus is a bacterium present in natural marine environments that causes infections in immunocompromised people. Sepsis in humans caused by this microorganism is usually accompanied by bullous skin lesions. In the present study we report a case of infection caused by this bacterium affecting a diabetic man, 74 years old, who fell overboard and hurt his leg. The identification of the V. vulnificus was made in the blood culture sample. This is the first report of isolation of V. vulnificus in Santa Catarina, Brazil, showing the dissemination of this bacterium in warm seawater over the world.

 

Keywords: Vibrio vulnificus; infection; immunocompromised; seawater

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2016-10-21

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Batista BG, Júnior SA dos S, Aquino AR do C, Argenta R. First isolation of Vibrio vulnificus causing sepsis in Santa Catarina, Brazil Isolation of Vibrio vulnificus in Brazil. Clin Biomed Res [Internet]. 21º de outubro de 2016 [citado 28º de março de 2024];36(3). Disponível em: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/hcpa/article/view/65162

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