A case report of primary peritonitis and sepsis caused by Vibrio metschnikovii.
- Author:
Gui Jeon CHOI
;
Hyo Jin CHUN
;
Dong Seok JEON
;
Jae Ryong KIM
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Vibrio metschnikovii;
Sepsis;
Peritonitis
- MeSH:
Adult;
Alcoholism;
Anti-Infective Agents;
Ascitic Fluid;
Eating;
Esophageal and Gastric Varices;
Hemorrhage;
Hepatitis B, Chronic;
Humans;
Korea;
Liver Cirrhosis;
Oxidoreductases;
Peritonitis*;
Renal Insufficiency;
Seafood;
Seawater;
Sepsis*;
Stomach Ulcer;
Urinary Tract Infections;
Vibrio*;
Wound Infection
- From:Korean Journal of Clinical Pathology
1999;19(3):329-332
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Vibrio metschnikovii is worldwidely distributed in the aquatic environment and human infections are very rarely associated, such as septicemia, urinary tract infection, wound infection, and peritonitis. V. metschnikovii is negative in nitrate reduction and oxidase reaction, and these findings are different from other vibrio species. V. metschnikovii was isolated from the ascitic fluid and blood of a patient with peritonitis, sepsis and renal insufficiency. This patient was a 41-year old man who suffered from post-necrotic liver cirrhosis, chronic hepatitis B, gastric ulcer, esophageal varix bleeding, and alcoholism. He had neither history of ingestion of seafoods nor exposure to seawater before onset of illness. He was successfully treated with antimicrobial agents. This is the first case report of septicemia and peritonitis by V. metschnikovii in Korea.
