TY - JOUR
T1 - Vibrio furnissii, an emerging pathogen causing acute gastroenteritis
T2 - a Case Report
AU - Ballal, Mamatha
AU - Shetty, Vignesh
AU - Bangera, Sohan Rodney
AU - Prabhu, Mukhyaprana
AU - Umakanth, Shashikiran
PY - 2017/9
Y1 - 2017/9
N2 - Introduction.Vibrio furnissii is a motile, Gram-negative, oxidase-positive, halophilic bacteria first defined in 1977. It is ubiquitously present in marine environments and is one of the 11 non-cholera Vibrio species pathogenic in humans, which can lead to human gastroenteritis and extra-intestinal manifestations. Case presentation. A 73-year-old female patient was admitted to the hospital with acute gastroenteritis after consumption of seafood, which later by microbiological investigations was confirmed as Vibrio furnissii, a member of the family Vibrionaceae. The patient was treated with oral doxycycline and ciprofloxacin. Conclusion.V. furnissii, an emerging pathogen known for quite some time as an aetiological agent responsible, for acute gastroenteritis cases yet to get more clinical attention. Descriptions of putative virulence factors of this pathogen are limited, and in-depth studies on the pathogenesis of V. furnissii need to be established.
AB - Introduction.Vibrio furnissii is a motile, Gram-negative, oxidase-positive, halophilic bacteria first defined in 1977. It is ubiquitously present in marine environments and is one of the 11 non-cholera Vibrio species pathogenic in humans, which can lead to human gastroenteritis and extra-intestinal manifestations. Case presentation. A 73-year-old female patient was admitted to the hospital with acute gastroenteritis after consumption of seafood, which later by microbiological investigations was confirmed as Vibrio furnissii, a member of the family Vibrionaceae. The patient was treated with oral doxycycline and ciprofloxacin. Conclusion.V. furnissii, an emerging pathogen known for quite some time as an aetiological agent responsible, for acute gastroenteritis cases yet to get more clinical attention. Descriptions of putative virulence factors of this pathogen are limited, and in-depth studies on the pathogenesis of V. furnissii need to be established.
U2 - 10.1099/jmmcr.0.005111
DO - 10.1099/jmmcr.0.005111
M3 - Article
C2 - 29114393
SN - 2053-3721
VL - 4
SP - e005111
JO - JMM Case Reports
JF - JMM Case Reports
IS - 9
ER -
