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8052813

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-9-8
pubmed:abstractText
Over a 6-year period we detected 30 clinical infections caused by halophilic vibrios in a restricted geographical area. Vibrio parahaemolyticus infections were found in 13 patients (3 with wound infections, 10 with ear infections), and Vibrio alginolyticus infections in 17 patients, all of whom had ear infections. From 1987 to 1990, infections caused by marine vibrios were found in at most 4 cases annually, in 1992 in 6 instances, whereas in a 5-month period in 1991 we experienced 15 cases of extra-intestinal infections. 15 of the infections found in 1991 and 1992 were ear infections, 10 of which occurred shortly after exposure to Danish coastal seawater. The disease was mild in most of the patients and all recovered. Most of the patients showed predisposing conditions such as chronic otitis media, perforation of the tympanic membrane or ulcus cruris. The organisms were isolated in minor numbers from coastal water samples from 5 of 12 bathing areas around Funen at the end of July, but not at the end of November. This study indicates that the halophilic marine vibrios may be pathogenic in Scandinavian areas in persons exposed to seawater.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0036-5548
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
25
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
735-40
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Extraintestinal infections caused by Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio alginolyticus in a Danish county, 1987-1992.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Clinical Microbiology, Odense University Hospital, Denmark.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study