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Postoperative wound infection associated with Vibrio parahaemolyticus in a patient without exposure to seawater
N Ahsan1, R L Conter, P C Appelbaum
1Department of Pathology (Clinical Microbiology), Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania 17033.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|June 1, 1988
Abstract:
This report describes a case of wound infection associated with Vibrio parahaemolyticus. The patient had ingested steamed crabs 7 days before admission for surgical treatment of intestinal obstruction due to colon carcinoma. The Vibrio sp. was isolated from postoperative wound drainage as well as from stool. Recovery was uneventful.