Human Infections with Vibrio Fetus and a Closely Related Vibrio

Campylobacterbacteremia: A rare and under-reported event?

“…Importantly, using this method it was concluded that C. jejuni bacteremia might occur more often in humans than was generally thought at the time, a conclusion matching the earlier unappreciated observations by King, who found that blood cultures were nearly always positive for Vibriorelated organisms (likely C. jejuni bacteria) in patients suffering from gastroenteritis (despite the limitations on C. jejuni detection at that time) [10]. However, it would take further research to reveal the exact association between Campylobacter gastrointestinal infection and bacteremia.…”

“…jejuni by Smibert [7], and finally as Campylobacter jejuni (C. jejuni) by Véron and Chatelain [8] and Jones et al [9]. More importantly, during the whole time period from 1930 to 1970, the C. jejuni bacterium was frequently reported to be associated with diarrhoeal stools (containing mucus and blood) and coincident blood infection [5,[10][11][12]. However, microbiologists failed to appreciate the significance of these findings during that time.…”

Deoxyribonucleic Acid Sequence Relatedness Between Thermophilic Members of the Genus Campylobacter

“…These were first described by King (1957) who called them 'related vibrios'. The taxonomy of these thermophilic campylobacters has been based on a limited number of phenotypic characters and has always been controversial.…”

Human Infection With Vibrio Fetus

“…Only rarely have cultures been obtained from previously healthy persons, but among patients in whom this did occur were a 45-year-old man with acute dysentery,'7 a laboratory technician with skin pustules,5 a produce worker,'3 and a 74-year-old woman in whom the agent was found in the common bile duct at the time of cholecystectomy.20 Occasionally, positive cultures have also been obtained from the mouth and vagina of asymptomatic women during pregnancy, and in neonates. '8 The organism has been cultured frequently from women who have aborted 3,11,12,18,19 but also from women who have carried an infant successfully to term. '9 In infants, the organism has been found primarily in either blood or Although spontaneous recovery from human vibriosis has been reported,27 more frequently the course of the illness is chronic or relapsing and requires sustained antibiotic therapy.…”