Purpura fulminans due to Vibrio vulnificus severe infection

Xochipilli Delgado; Paul Osua; Edgar Carrillo; Gabriel Alejandro Núñez; Suria Loza; Luis Guillermo Castellanos

doi:10.1016/j.idcr.2022.e01588

Purpura fulminans due to Vibrio vulnificus severe infection

IDCases. 2022 Jul 27:29:e01588. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2022.e01588. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Xochipilli Delgado¹, Paul Osua¹, Edgar Carrillo¹, Gabriel Alejandro Núñez¹, Suria Loza¹, Luis Guillermo Castellanos¹

Affiliation

¹ Hospital de Especialidades del Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Av. Cuauhtémoc 330, Doctores, Cuauhtémoc, 06720 Ciudad de México, Mexico.

Abstract

Purpura fulminans is a life-threatening disease, characterized by disseminated intravascular coagulation and endovascular thrombosis; can often occur secondary to heterogeneous etiologies, such as sepsis, and to a lesser extent, secondary to sepsis due to halophilic bacteria, such as V. vulnificus, found in marine environments. Patients with specific comorbidities are at the highest risk of worst scenarios, without prompt treatment, infection can rapidly evolve to fatal, with a mortality rate close to 100 %. We present a case of Purpura fulminans due to V. vulnificus septicemia.

Keywords: CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Oysters; PCR, Polymerase chain reactions; PF, Purpura fulminans; Purpura fulminans; Seafood; Seawater; Vibrio vulnificus.

Publication types

Case Reports