Consumption of Raw Oysters and Vibrio Vulnificus Sepsis

Mon, 03/31/2008

Authors:

Salim Surani, Barbara Estment, Brenda Parrish, Joseph Varon

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We present the case and images of a 52 yearold Hispanic gentleman with a history of hepatitis C and chronic liver disease that developed Vibrio vulnifi cus sepsis secondary to eating raw oysters.
His course was complicated by necrotizing fasciitis in the upper extremities and renal failure.

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Published in Critical Care and Shock, February 2008, Volume 11, No. 1

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Consumption of Raw Oysters and Vibrio Vulnificus Sepsis

Published in Critical Care and Shock, February 2008, Volume 11, No. 1

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