Isolation of Vibrio vulnificus from Seawater and Emerging Vibrio vulnificus Septicemia on Jeju Island.

Author: Keun Hwa LEE ¹ ; Sang Taek HEO ; Young Ree KIM ; Ig Chan PANG
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1. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Jeju National University School of Medicine, Jeju, Korea.
Publication Type:Brief Communication
Keywords: Vibrio vulnificus; Sepsis; Seawater; Temperature
MeSH: Humans; Ostreidae; Seawater*; Sepsis*; Shellfish; Vibrio vulnificus*
From:Infection and Chemotherapy 2014;46(2):106-109
CountryRepublic of Korea
Language:English
Abstract: Vibrio vulnificus is an opportunistic human pathogen, transmitted from seawater, raw oyster, and shellfish and responsible for severe septicemia. We studied V. vulnificus from surface seawater around Jeju Island between 2010 and 2011. In 2010, V. vulnificus was isolated and V. vulnificus septicemia was reported. Surface seawater temperature is an important factor for growth of V. vulnificus, and here we showed that high surface seawater temperature may influence growth of V. vulnificus and occurrence of emerging V. vulnificus septicemia on Jeju Island. This is the first report of isolation of V. vulnificus and emerging V. vulnificus septicemia on Jeju Island.