Korean J Clin Microbiol.
2007 Oct;10(2):164-167.
Two Cases of Vibrio fluvialis Bacteremia in Patients Undergoing Cancer Chemotherapy
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. leekcp@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
- 2Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- 3Research Institute of Bacterial Resistance, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- 4Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, Wonkwang Health Science College, Iksan, Korea.
Abstract
- Vibrio fluvialis is a haplophilic gram-negative bacterium normally found in coastal water and seafood and causes gastroenteritis. There have been a few reports on V. fluvialis gastroenteritis in Korea, but no previous report of isolation from blood. We isolated V. fluvialis from the blood of two patients undergoing cancer chemotherapy.
