Journal article
Vibrio vulnificus infection and liver cirrhosis: a potentially lethal combination
BMJ case reports, v 2016, 214772
05 May 2016
PMID: 27151052
Abstract
We present a case of a 40-year-old man with decompensated alcoholic liver cirrhosis presenting with atraumatic cellulitis of one extremity and severe sepsis that rapidly progressed to compartment syndrome despite broad-spectrum antibiotics. Local cultures following debridement revealed Vibrio vulnificus, and subsequent history revealed consumption of raw oysters 48 h before presentation. Our case points out the unique susceptibility of those with cirrhosis and elevated iron saturation to Vibrio septicaemia, as well as the rapidity and severity of the disease progression.
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- Title
- Vibrio vulnificus infection and liver cirrhosis: a potentially lethal combination
- Creators
- Salik Nazir - Reading HospitalKrysta Brown - Reading HospitalAnn Kyungwohn Shin - Reading HospitalAnthony A Donato - Reading Hospital
- Publication Details
- BMJ case reports, v 2016, 214772
- Publisher
- Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Medicine (Graduate); General Internal Medicine
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84969963488
- Other Identifier
- 991022161841404721