Pyomyositis Caused by Non-O1 Vibrio Cholerae in a Patient with Liver Cirrhosis.
- Author:
Sung Keun PARK
1
;
Ji Won LEE
;
Jin Yong KIM
;
Yoon Soo PARK
;
Yiel Hae SEO
;
Yong Kyun CHO
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Gil Hospital, Gachon University of Medicine and Science, Incheon, Korea. karmacho@gmail.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Vibrio cholerae non-O1;
Pyomyositis;
Liver cirrhosis
- MeSH:
Bacteremia;
Cholera;
Diabetes Mellitus;
Disease Outbreaks;
Gastroenteritis;
Hematologic Neoplasms;
Humans;
Korea;
Liver;
Liver Cirrhosis;
Lower Extremity;
Middle Aged;
Otitis Media;
Pyomyositis;
Skin;
Soft Tissue Infections;
Sprains and Strains;
Thigh;
Vibrio;
Vibrio cholerae;
Vibrio cholerae non-O1
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2011;80(3):356-359
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A 63-year-old man with underlying liver cirrhosis was admitted with painful swelling of the right thigh. We identified a non-O1 Vibrio cholerae strain in blood cultures and multiple pyomyositis in the lower limbs. Non-O1 V. cholerae strains have caused several well-studied food-borne outbreaks of gastroenteritis and have been responsible for sporadic cases of otitis media, skin and soft tissue infection, and bacteremia. Skin and soft tissue infection due to non-O1 V. cholerae is rare and is commonly associated with the presence of chronic underlying disease, such as liver cirrhosis, diabetes mellitus, an immunocompromised state, or a hematological malignancy. We report the first case of pyomyositis caused by non-O1 V. cholerae in Korea. Physicians should consider non-O1 V. cholerae strains as a pathogen that can cause pyomyositis.
