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Chong, PaIk, Lee, Kim, and Lee: Vibrio vulnificus Septicemia in a Patient with Liver Cirrhosis
Case Report
Yonsei Medical Journal

Yonsei Medical Journal 1982; 23(2): 146-152.

Published online: 20 February 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3349/ymj.1982.23.2.146

Vibrio vulnificus Septicemia in a Patient with Liver Cirrhosis

Yunsop Chong*, Mi Young PaIk*, Samuel Y. Lee*, Kwan Sik Kim**, Sang In Lee**

*Department of Clinical Pathology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

**Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Received 5 November 1982

Copyright © 1982 The Yonsei University College of Medicine

Abstract

Vibrio vulnificus was isolated from a blood culture of a 41-year-old male patient with liver cirrhosis. He had eaten raw fish one day prior to the onset of clinical symptoms which included fever, chills, diarrhea and hypotension. He also developed cellulitis of the right leg which developed into a necrotic ulcer.
The isolate was a slightly curved gram-negative bacillus and the colony morphology on a TCBS plate was similar to that of V. parabaemolyticus. Acid production from lactose was detected after 2 days of incubation. Other biochemical tests showed typical reactions of V. vulnificus. The isolate was susceptible to all of the tested antibiotics except to clindamycin, colistin and penicillin G.

Keywords: Septicemia, V. vulnificus infection

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