Vibrio vulnificus infection in Southern Brazil - Case report Infecção por Vibrio vulnificus no sul do Brasil - Relato de caso

• Main Authors: João César Beenke França (Author), Sonia Mara Raboni (Author), Elise Sanfelice (Author), Diego Polido (Author), Arthur Gentili (Author), Fabricio Marques (Author)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia, 2013-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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The genus Vibrio is a member of the family Vibrionaceae, and among their disease-causing species, Vibrio vulnificus, a lactose-positive gram-negative bacillus, is one of the most virulent pathogen of the noncholerae vibrios. We describe the case of a 39-year-old male patient, who was using immunosup...