Infections caused by non-cholera vibrios

Vibrio parahaemolyticus
It is a halophilic (needs minimal sodium chloride to grow) invasive microbe, it produces endotoxin. It occurs in areas of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans for which these infections are typical. The source of the infection is seafood, but the infectious dose is quite high. Watery diarrhea and convulsive abdominal pain are characteristic.

Vibrio vulnificus
It is also found in seawater and can contaminate surface wounds. The same infection occurs after eating marine animals at cirrhotic.

Vibrio alginolyticus
May cause mesotitis or inflammation of the ear canal.

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Used literature

 * DOSTÁL, V, et al. Infektologie. 1. vydání. Praha : Karolinum, 2004. 338 s. s. 171.  ISBN 80-246-0749-2.


 * LOBOVSKÁ, Alena. Infekční nemoci. 1. vydání. Praha : Karolinum, 2001. 263 s.  ISBN 80-246-0116-8.


 * BENEŠ, Jiří. Infekční lékařství. 1. vydání. Praha 5 : Galén, 2009.  ISBN 978-80-7262-644-1.