Vibrio infection

• Vibrio cholerae:
  • A trigger of notifiable cholera

• Vibrio vulnificus:
  • Mostly in warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
  • Transmission occurs, for example: through marine animals or cutaneous inoculation
  • There is an occurrence of erysipelas, necrotising fasciitis, muscle necrosis and sepsis

• Aeromonas hydrophila:
  • Triggering gastroenterotides, erysipelas and subacute abscesses

Erythematous macules, sometimes blistering.

GI symptoms (vomiting, diarrhoea).

Ceftriaxone

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