Annals of Clinical Microbiology, The official Journal of the Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology

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Case report

Two Cases of Vibrio fluvialis Bacteremia in Patients Undergoing Cancer Chemotherapy

Eun-Mi Koh1,3, Chang Ki Kim1,3, Myungsook Kim3, Shin-Moo Kim4, Seung-Woo Park2, Hyun Cheol Chung2, Dongeun Yong1,3, Kyungwon Lee1,3, Yunsop Chong1,3

Departments of 1Laboratory Medicine and 2Internal Medicine, and 3Research Institute of Bacterial Resistance, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul; 4Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, Wonkwang Health Science College, Iksan, Korea

Corresponding to Kyungwon Lee, E-mail: leekcp@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr

Ann Clin Microbiol 2007;10(2):164-167.
Copyright © Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology.

Abstract

Vibrio fluvialis is a haplophilic gram-negative bacterium normally found in coastal water and seafood and causes gastroenteritis. There have been a few reports on V. fluvialis gastroenteritis in Korea, but no previous report of isolation from blood. We isolated V. fluvialis from the blood of two patients undergoing cancer chemotherapy. (Korean J Clin Microbiol 2007;10:164-167)

Keywords

Vibrio fluvialis, Blood culture, Bacteremia