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[A patient with Vibrio vulnificus meningoencephalitis]
Tatsuya Sato1, Yuichiro Inatomi, Toshiro Yonehara
1Stroke Center, Saiseikai Kumamoto Hospital.
Abstract:
A 76-year-old man with liver cirrhosis and diabetes mellitus was admitted to our hospital because of bacterial meningoencephalitis. He had eaten raw fish 2 days before onset. He also developed septic shock, disseminated intravascular coagulation, adult respiratory distress syndrome and panophthalmitis of the right eye. Vibrio vulnificus was isolated from the blood culture. Extensive therapy including antibiotics and nafamostat methylate, resulted in full recovery except for right blindness. The necrotizing fasciitis, which is common with Vibrio vulnificus infection, had not been complicated in this patient.
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