A Case of Wound Infection Caused by Vibrio damsela.
- Author:
Suck Bong KOO
1
;
Won Pyo HONG
;
Jong Hee SHIN
;
Dong Wook RYANG
Author Information
1. Koheung Jeil Hospital, Chonnam University Medical School, Kwang Ju, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Vibrio damsela;
Wound infection
- MeSH:
Aged;
Drainage;
Erythema;
Fingers;
Hand;
Humans;
Kidney Failure, Chronic;
Korea;
Punctures;
Suppuration;
Vibrio*;
Wound Infection*;
Wounds and Injuries*
- From:Korean Journal of Infectious Diseases
1997;29(3):247-259
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Vibrio damsela was isolated from a wound infection of a 71 year-old patient with chronic renal failure. She complained of severe pain, swelling and erythema in her right hand and fingers, which developed after a puncture injury by a crab, Portunus trituberculatus. Her wound infection was improved after pus drainage and antibiotic therapy. This represents the first reported case of wound infection due to V. damsela in Korea.
