A case of Vibrio vulnificus related wound infection diagnosed by next-generation sequencing

Linhui Li; Lingyan Wang; Chunhong Zhang; Peng Chen; Xu Luo

doi:10.1016/j.idcr.2019.e00497

A case of Vibrio vulnificus related wound infection diagnosed by next-generation sequencing

IDCases. 2019 Jan 24:15:e00497. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2019.e00497. eCollection 2019.

Authors

Linhui Li¹, Lingyan Wang¹, Chunhong Zhang², Peng Chen¹, Xu Luo³

Affiliations

¹ Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
² Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
³ Department of Burns and Wound Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325000, China.

Abstract

Vibrio vulnificus is a serious opportunistic human pathogen, which can cause primary septicemia, wound infection and gastroenteritis. In this case, wound and blood culture failed to grow the pathogen and a next-generation sequencing method was used to detect the pathogen as V. vulnificus.

Keywords: Next-generation sequencing; Polymerase chain reaction; Vibrio vulnificus; Wound infection.

Publication types

Case Reports