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Vibrio vulnificus: An Environmental and Clinical Burden

Vibrio vulnificus is a Gram negative, rod shaped bacterium that belongs to the family Vibrionaceae. It is a deadly, opportunistic human pathogen which is responsible for the majority of seafood-associated deaths worldwide. V. vulnificus infection can be fatal as it may cause severe wound infections...

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Autores principales: Heng, Sing-Peng, Letchumanan, Vengadesh, Deng, Chuan-Yan, Ab Mutalib, Nurul-Syakima, Khan, Tahir M., Chuah, Lay-Hong, Chan, Kok-Gan, Goh, Bey-Hing, Pusparajah, Priyia, Lee, Learn-Han
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5449762/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28620366
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.00997
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author Heng, Sing-Peng
Letchumanan, Vengadesh
Deng, Chuan-Yan
Ab Mutalib, Nurul-Syakima
Khan, Tahir M.
Chuah, Lay-Hong
Chan, Kok-Gan
Goh, Bey-Hing
Pusparajah, Priyia
Lee, Learn-Han
author_facet Heng, Sing-Peng
Letchumanan, Vengadesh
Deng, Chuan-Yan
Ab Mutalib, Nurul-Syakima
Khan, Tahir M.
Chuah, Lay-Hong
Chan, Kok-Gan
Goh, Bey-Hing
Pusparajah, Priyia
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description Vibrio vulnificus is a Gram negative, rod shaped bacterium that belongs to the family Vibrionaceae. It is a deadly, opportunistic human pathogen which is responsible for the majority of seafood-associated deaths worldwide. V. vulnificus infection can be fatal as it may cause severe wound infections potentially requiring amputation or lead to sepsis in susceptible individuals. Treatment is increasingly challenging as V. vulnificus has begun to develop resistance against certain antibiotics due to their indiscriminate use. This article aims to provide insight into the antibiotic resistance of V. vulnificus in different parts of the world as well as an overall review of its clinical manifestations, treatment, and prevention. Understanding the organism's antibiotic resistance profile is vital in order to select appropriate treatment and initiate appropriate prevention measures to treat and control V. vulnificus infections, which should eventually help lower the mortality rate associated with this pathogen worldwide.
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spelling pubmed-54497622017-06-15 Vibrio vulnificus: An Environmental and Clinical Burden Heng, Sing-Peng Letchumanan, Vengadesh Deng, Chuan-Yan Ab Mutalib, Nurul-Syakima Khan, Tahir M. Chuah, Lay-Hong Chan, Kok-Gan Goh, Bey-Hing Pusparajah, Priyia Lee, Learn-Han Front Microbiol Microbiology Vibrio vulnificus is a Gram negative, rod shaped bacterium that belongs to the family Vibrionaceae. It is a deadly, opportunistic human pathogen which is responsible for the majority of seafood-associated deaths worldwide. V. vulnificus infection can be fatal as it may cause severe wound infections potentially requiring amputation or lead to sepsis in susceptible individuals. Treatment is increasingly challenging as V. vulnificus has begun to develop resistance against certain antibiotics due to their indiscriminate use. This article aims to provide insight into the antibiotic resistance of V. vulnificus in different parts of the world as well as an overall review of its clinical manifestations, treatment, and prevention. Understanding the organism's antibiotic resistance profile is vital in order to select appropriate treatment and initiate appropriate prevention measures to treat and control V. vulnificus infections, which should eventually help lower the mortality rate associated with this pathogen worldwide. Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-05-31 /pmc/articles/PMC5449762/ /pubmed/28620366 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.00997 Text en Copyright © 2017 Heng, Letchumanan, Deng, Ab Mutalib, Khan, Chuah, Chan, Goh, Pusparajah and Lee. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Heng, Sing-Peng
Letchumanan, Vengadesh
Deng, Chuan-Yan
Ab Mutalib, Nurul-Syakima
Khan, Tahir M.
Chuah, Lay-Hong
Chan, Kok-Gan
Goh, Bey-Hing
Pusparajah, Priyia
Lee, Learn-Han
Vibrio vulnificus: An Environmental and Clinical Burden
title Vibrio vulnificus: An Environmental and Clinical Burden
title_full Vibrio vulnificus: An Environmental and Clinical Burden
title_fullStr Vibrio vulnificus: An Environmental and Clinical Burden
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title_short Vibrio vulnificus: An Environmental and Clinical Burden
title_sort vibrio vulnificus: an environmental and clinical burden
topic Microbiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5449762/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28620366
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.00997
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