Vibrio vulnificus, previously designated as a lactose-positive vibrio, is a halophilic bacterium which inhabits marine or estuarine areas. V. vulnificus causes wound infections and septicemia when he comes into contact with seawater or when contaminated seafood is consumed (1, 2). A number of factors have been implicated as contributing to disease caused by V.
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