Two Cases of Vibrio fluvialis Bacteremia in Patients Undergoing Cancer Chemotherapy.
- Author:
Eun Mi KOH
1
;
Chang Ki KIM
;
Myungsook KIM
;
Shin Moo KIM
;
Seung Woo PARK
;
Hyun Cheol CHUNG
;
Dongeun YONG
;
Kyungwon LEE
;
Yunsop CHONG
Author Information
1. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. leekcp@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Vibrio fluvialis;
Blood culture;
Bacteremia
- MeSH:
Bacteremia*;
Drug Therapy*;
Gastroenteritis;
Humans;
Korea;
Seafood;
Vibrio*
- From:Korean Journal of Clinical Microbiology
2007;10(2):164-167
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Vibrio fluvialis is a haplophilic gram-negative bacterium normally found in coastal water and seafood and causes gastroenteritis. There have been a few reports on V. fluvialis gastroenteritis in Korea, but no previous report of isolation from blood. We isolated V. fluvialis from the blood of two patients undergoing cancer chemotherapy.
