Bacteremic cellulitis caused by Non-01, Non-0139 Vibrio cholerae: report of a case in a patient with hemochromatosis

J M Fernández; M Serrano; J J De Arriba; M V Sánchez; E Escribano; P Ferreras

doi:10.1016/s0732-8893(99)00153-4

Bacteremic cellulitis caused by Non-01, Non-0139 Vibrio cholerae: report of a case in a patient with hemochromatosis

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2000 May;37(1):77-80. doi: 10.1016/s0732-8893(99)00153-4.

Authors

J M Fernández¹, M Serrano, J J De Arriba, M V Sánchez, E Escribano, P Ferreras

Affiliation

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Albacete General Hospital, c/Hermanos Falco n/n 02006, Albacete, Spain.

PMID: 10794945
DOI: 10.1016/s0732-8893(99)00153-4

Abstract

We report a case of bacteremia associated with hemorrhagic bullous skin lesions on the leg caused by non-01, non-0139 Vibrio cholerae in a 66-year-old man with hemochromatosis developed in an inland region. The organism was isolated from blood and bullae fluid. The patient was treated successfully with cefotaxime and doxycycline. This report emphasizes the potential of this organism to produce bacteremic cellulitis in people with underlying illness in the absence of usual epidemiological risk factors.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Aged
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Bacteremia / complications*
Bacteremia / drug therapy
Bacteremia / pathology
Cefotaxime / therapeutic use
Cellulitis / complications*
Cellulitis / drug therapy
Cellulitis / pathology
Cephalosporins / therapeutic use
Doxycycline / therapeutic use
Hemochromatosis / complications*
Hemochromatosis / drug therapy
Hemochromatosis / pathology
Humans
Male
Treatment Outcome
Vibrio cholerae / isolation & purification
Vibrio cholerae / physiology*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Cephalosporins
Doxycycline
Cefotaxime