Open AccessFULMINATING LACTOSE‐POSITIVE VIBRIO SEPTICEMIA
Author(s) -
Matsuo Takeshi,
Kohno Shigeru,
Ikeda Takayoshi,
Saruwatari Katsuhiko,
Ninomiya Hideyo
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
acta patholigica japonica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 74
ISSN - 0001-6632
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1978.tb01282.x
Subject(s) - microbiology and biotechnology , vibrio , biology , cellulitis , lactose , autopsy , vibrio alginolyticus , bacteria , pathology , medicine , immunology , food science , genetics
Recently cases of tissue Invasion by as yet unnamed marine vibrios which were morphologically and biochemically similar to both Vibrio parahemolyticus and V. alginolyticus, but not identical with either of them, have been described. We have seen a patient who had serious widespread tissue infection with a halophllic, Gram‐negative bacterium which was isolated from blood and leg lesions. The organism had the characteristics of the genus Vibrio, and lactose fermentation and ONPG reactions were positive. It also had a lower tolerance for sodium chloride in the nutrient broth compared with the above two vibrios. The isolate seems identical to the lactose positive (L+) Vibrio described by Hollis et al. (1976). Tissue infection resulting in severe necrotizing cellulitis and vasculitis was demonstrated at autopsy.