Vibrio vulnificus: una causa infrecuente de shock séptico

Vibrio vulnificus is a lactose positive Gram negative rod that lives in warm seas and can infect wounds and produce sepsis. Its infection is acquired after eating oysters or other filtering marine organisms. We report a 53 years old diabetic male who started with fever after a voyage to Central Amer...

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Autores principales:	Poblete U,Rodrigo, Andresen H,Max, Pérez C,Carlos, Dougnac L,Alberto, Díaz P,Orlando, Tomicic F,Vinko
Lenguaje:	Spanish / Castilian
Publicado:	Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2002
Materias:	Disseminated intravascular coagulation Sepsis syndrome Vibrio infections
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0034-988720020007000112014-08-20Vibrio vulnificus: una causa infrecuente de shock sépticoPoblete U,RodrigoAndresen H,MaxPérez C,CarlosDougnac L,AlbertoDíaz P,OrlandoTomicic F,Vinko Disseminated intravascular coagulation Sepsis syndrome Vibrio infections Vibrio vulnificus is a lactose positive Gram negative rod that lives in warm seas and can infect wounds and produce sepsis. Its infection is acquired after eating oysters or other filtering marine organisms. We report a 53 years old diabetic male who started with fever after a voyage to Central America. He was admitted febrile, hipotense, dehydrated and polypneic. Painful erythematous lesions and lumps were observed in his upper and lower limbs. After 72 hours of evolution, the lesions became violaceous, with crepitating vesicles full of hemorrhagic exudate. He developed a renal failure and a disseminated intravascular coagulation. Blood cultures demonstrated the presence of Vibrio vulnificus and the patient died 68 hours after admission (Rev Méd Chile 2002; 130: 787-91)info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.130 n.7 20022002-07-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872002000700011es10.4067/S0034-98872002000700011
institution	Scielo Chile
collection	Scielo Chile
language	Spanish / Castilian
topic	Disseminated intravascular coagulation Sepsis syndrome Vibrio infections
spellingShingle	Disseminated intravascular coagulation Sepsis syndrome Vibrio infections Poblete U,Rodrigo Andresen H,Max Pérez C,Carlos Dougnac L,Alberto Díaz P,Orlando Tomicic F,Vinko Vibrio vulnificus: una causa infrecuente de shock séptico
description	Vibrio vulnificus is a lactose positive Gram negative rod that lives in warm seas and can infect wounds and produce sepsis. Its infection is acquired after eating oysters or other filtering marine organisms. We report a 53 years old diabetic male who started with fever after a voyage to Central America. He was admitted febrile, hipotense, dehydrated and polypneic. Painful erythematous lesions and lumps were observed in his upper and lower limbs. After 72 hours of evolution, the lesions became violaceous, with crepitating vesicles full of hemorrhagic exudate. He developed a renal failure and a disseminated intravascular coagulation. Blood cultures demonstrated the presence of Vibrio vulnificus and the patient died 68 hours after admission (Rev Méd Chile 2002; 130: 787-91)
author	Poblete U,Rodrigo Andresen H,Max Pérez C,Carlos Dougnac L,Alberto Díaz P,Orlando Tomicic F,Vinko
author_facet	Poblete U,Rodrigo Andresen H,Max Pérez C,Carlos Dougnac L,Alberto Díaz P,Orlando Tomicic F,Vinko
author_sort	Poblete U,Rodrigo
title	Vibrio vulnificus: una causa infrecuente de shock séptico
title_short	Vibrio vulnificus: una causa infrecuente de shock séptico
title_full	Vibrio vulnificus: una causa infrecuente de shock séptico
title_fullStr	Vibrio vulnificus: una causa infrecuente de shock séptico
title_full_unstemmed	Vibrio vulnificus: una causa infrecuente de shock séptico
title_sort	vibrio vulnificus: una causa infrecuente de shock séptico
publisher	Sociedad Médica de Santiago
publishDate	2002
url	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872002000700011
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Vibrio vulnificus: una causa infrecuente de shock séptico

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