FIRST EUROPEAN CASE OF GASTROENTERITIS AND BACTEREMIA DUE TO VIBRIO-HOLLISAE

Vibrio hollisae is a pathogenic Vibrio species known to cause gastroen teritis in humans after the consumption of shellfish. All cases of inf ection reported previously were restricted to the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States. A case of gastroenteritis and bacteremia in a previously healthy 76-year-old man who ate cockles from the Quib eron Bay in Brittany, France, is described. This is the first report o f Vibrio hollisae infection in Europe.