Open AccessCase Report: Vibrio fluvialis isolated from a wound infection after a piercing trauma in the Baltic Sea
Author(s) -
Juliane Hecht,
Maria Blettner,
Bernhard Fortmeier,
Salah Dikou,
Wolfgang Gierer,
I. Klempien,
Jonas Nekat,
Stephan Schaefer,
Eckhard Strauch
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
access microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2516-8290
DOI - 10.1099/acmi.0.000312
Subject(s) - vibrio , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , baltic sea , vibrio infections , isolation (microbiology) , cholera , genome , wound infection , bacteria , medicine , genetics , gene , surgery , oceanography , geology
Vibrio spp. are Gram-negative bacteria found in marine ecosystems. Non-cholera Vibrio spp. can cause gastrointestinal infections and can also lead to wound infections through exposure to contaminated seawater. Vibrio infections are increasingly documented from the Baltic Sea due to extended warm weather periods. We describe the first isolation of Vibrio fluvialis from a wound infection acquired by an impalement injury in the shallow waters of the Baltic Sea. The severe infection required amputation of the third toe. Whole genome sequencing of the isolate was performed and revealed a genome consisting of two circular chromosomes with a size of 1.57 and 3.24 Mb.