IDENTIFICATION OF VIBRIO-HOLLISAE ASSOCIATED WITH SEVERE GASTROENTERITIS AFTER CONSUMPTION OF RAW OYSTERS

Authors
CARNAHAN AM HARDING J WATSKY D HANSMAN S
Citation
Am. Carnahan et al., IDENTIFICATION OF VIBRIO-HOLLISAE ASSOCIATED WITH SEVERE GASTROENTERITIS AFTER CONSUMPTION OF RAW OYSTERS, Journal of clinical microbiology, 32(7), 1994, pp. 1805-1806
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of clinical microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00951137
Volume
32
Issue
7
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1805 - 1806
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(1994)32:7<1805:IOVAWS>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
Vibrio hollisae was recovered from the stool culture of a 40-year-old female hospitalized for severe abdominal cramping, vomiting, fever, an d watery diarrhea. She had consumed two dozen raw oysters 5 days prior . There was only a single colony on thiosulfate-titrate-bile salts-suc rose-agar, and definitive identification required conventional test me dia with 1% NaCl.