Cutaneous manifestations of non-01 Vibrio cholerae septicemia with gastroenteritis and meningitis

J Am Acad Dermatol. 1994 Apr;30(4):626-8. doi: 10.1016/s0190-9622(94)70071-0.

Abstract

A 58-year-old man with diabetes had fever and chills 5 days after ingestion of raw seafood. Nausea, vomiting, watery diarrhea, bilateral calf pain, and neck stiffness subsequently developed. Generalized edema and ecchymotic patches with a vesiculobullous eruption appeared on the extremities. Four blood cultures were positive for Vibrio cholerae non-01. The patient was successfully treated with antibiotics. This is the first documented case of V. cholerae non-01 septicemia with cutaneous lesions and meningitis in Taiwan.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Bacteremia / microbiology*
  • Cholera / complications*
  • Gastroenteritis / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Meningitis, Bacterial / microbiology*
  • Middle Aged
  • Seafood / poisoning
  • Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous / microbiology*
  • Vibrio cholerae* / classification