Vibrio vulnificus Septicemia after Handling Tilapia Species Fish: A Canadian Case Report and Review
BACKGROUND: Vibrio vulnificus can cause a necrotizing soft tissue infection or primary septicemia; these infections are collectively known as vibriosis. This bacterium is commonly found within molluscan shellfish. Primary septicemia is often fatal, principally affecting persons with chronic liver di...
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| description | BACKGROUND: Vibrio vulnificus can cause a necrotizing soft tissue infection or primary septicemia; these infections are collectively known as vibriosis. This bacterium is commonly found within molluscan shellfish. Primary septicemia is often fatal, principally affecting persons with chronic liver disease. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1d034902b8fd46409fda9149c98adab92025-02-03T01:28:55ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology1712-95322006-01-0117212913210.1155/2006/164681Vibrio vulnificus Septicemia after Handling Tilapia Species Fish: A Canadian Case Report and ReviewDonald C Vinh0Samira Mubareka1Bunmi Fatoye2Pierre Plourde3Pamela Orr4Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Manitoba, CanadaDepartment of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Manitoba, CanadaDepartment of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, CanadaDepartment of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, CanadaDepartment of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Manitoba, CanadaBACKGROUND: Vibrio vulnificus can cause a necrotizing soft tissue infection or primary septicemia; these infections are collectively known as vibriosis. This bacterium is commonly found within molluscan shellfish. Primary septicemia is often fatal, principally affecting persons with chronic liver disease.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2006/164681 |
| spellingShingle | Donald C Vinh Samira Mubareka Bunmi Fatoye Pierre Plourde Pamela Orr Vibrio vulnificus Septicemia after Handling Tilapia Species Fish: A Canadian Case Report and Review Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology |
| title | Vibrio vulnificus Septicemia after Handling Tilapia Species Fish: A Canadian Case Report and Review |
| title_full | Vibrio vulnificus Septicemia after Handling Tilapia Species Fish: A Canadian Case Report and Review |
| title_fullStr | Vibrio vulnificus Septicemia after Handling Tilapia Species Fish: A Canadian Case Report and Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Vibrio vulnificus Septicemia after Handling Tilapia Species Fish: A Canadian Case Report and Review |
| title_short | Vibrio vulnificus Septicemia after Handling Tilapia Species Fish: A Canadian Case Report and Review |
| title_sort | vibrio vulnificus septicemia after handling tilapia species fish a canadian case report and review |
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