A case of
            <i>Vibrio vulnificus</i>
            septicaemia acquired in Victoria

Maxwell, Ellen; Mayall, Barrie C.; Pearson, Stephen R.; Stanley, Peter

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.1991.tb121039.x

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“…Many cases of V. vulnificus infection have been reported worldwide 13–23 . In the USA and Korea, V. vulnificus infection is a notifiable disease, but there is no obligation to report it in Japan.…”

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“…Many cases of V. vulnificus infection have been reported worldwide. [13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23] In the USA and Korea, V. vulnificus infection is a notifiable disease, but there is no obligation to report it in Japan. There is no registration system for V. vulnificus infection, therefore the epidemiology, including the number of patients, remains unclear and for this reason we performed this epidemiological survey.…”

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Epidemiological survey of Vibrio vulnificus infection in Japan between 1999 and 2003

Inoue¹,

Ono

Matsui³

et al. 2008

The Journal of Dermatology

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The frequency of Vibrio vulnificus infection is very rare and there are many questions regarding its epidemiology in Japan. To investigate the clinical course and epidemiology of V. vulnificus infection in Japan, we performed a retrospective questionnaire survey in which 1693 hospitals from all over Japan were surveyed, including advanced life saving emergency centers and dermatology institutions. Of the 1693 hospitals, we received answers from 1045. Ninety-four cases were confirmed as V. vulnificus infections during 1999 and 2003. Sixty-eight (72.3%) of the 94 patients had the septic type infection with a mortality rate of 75.0% (51/68 patients died). The prognosis of patients with the septic type was worse than that of the wound type (P < 0.001). V. vulnificus infections occurred from June to November and none occurred in winter. Many infections occurred in western Japan with the majority of infections (50/94) occurring in Kyushu. In particular, 43 infections occurred in marine coastal areas of the Ariake and Yatsushiro Seas, which have many tidelands. Seventy-seven of 89 patients (86.5%) had liver function impairment as an underlying disease, and 53 (59.6%) had liver cirrhosis, of whom nine (10.1%) suffered from liver cancer. The incidence of V. vulnificus infection was different according to districts. Geographic and climatic factors also contributed to the occurrence of V. vulnificus infection.

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Epidemiological survey of Vibrio vulnificus infection in Japan between 1999 and 2003

Inoue¹,

Ono

Matsui³

et al. 2008

The Journal of Dermatology

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“…According to the literature, there have been 60 reported cases of V. vulnificus infection (49 cases of the primary septicaemia type and 11 of the wound infection type) between January 1981 and June 1999 5,9–16 . Thirty‐one (63%) of 49 patients with the primary septicaemia type died, whereas only one (9%) of 11 patients with the wound infection type died.…”

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“…The remaining patient had arm involvement, and survived. When we analysed the anatomical sites of initial skin lesions in the 60 reported cases, 5,9–16 33 of 49 patients with primary septicaemia (67%) were initially affected on the legs, and of these 24 (73%) died. Seven of the 49 patients (14%) had initial skin lesions on the arms and three of them (43%) died.…”

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