Comparative genomics reveals specialization and divergent virulence potential in Vibrio vulnificus, Vibrio navarrensis, and Vibrio cidicii [PDF]
Applied and Environmental MicrobiologyVibrionaceae are a diverse family of bacteria that contain pathogenic species, including those within the Vulnificus clade: Vibrio vulnificus, Vibrio navarrensis, and Vibrio cidicii. While V.
Keri Ann Lydon, Megan E. J. Lott
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The synthetic peptide GATR-3 shows significant antibacterial and biofilm-inhibition activity against shellfish- and oyster-associated bacteria Vibrio vulnificus and Vibrio parahaemolyticus [PDF]
Comparative Immunology ReportsThe bacteriaVibrio vulnificus and Vibrio parahaemolyticus are of concern because of the severe wound infections that they can cause, as well as their potential antimicrobial resistance and biofilm formation.
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Vibrio vulnificus infection from insect bites in Shanghai: a case report [PDF]
Frontiers in MedicineBackgroundInfection with Vibrio vulnificus is associated with high rates of amputation and mortality. Alterations in the global climate have heightened the risk of atypical infections caused by this pathogen.Case presentationIn the case report we ...
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The molecular biological characteristics of Vibrio vulnificus isolated in Guangzhou [PDF]
Zhongguo shipin weisheng zazhi, 2023 ObjectiveTo investigate the molecular and biological characteristics of Vibrio vulnificus （V. vulnificus）isolated from Guangzhou.MethodsThirty-eight strains of V. vulnificus were collected from Guangzhou， and whole-genome sequences were obtained.
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Vibrio vulnificus induces mTOR activation and inflammatory responses in macrophages. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Vibrio vulnificus (V. vulnificus), a Gram-negative marine bacterium, can cause life-threatening primary septicemia, especially in patients with liver diseases. How V. vulnificus affects the liver and how it acts on macrophages are not well understood. In
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Clinical and Biomedical Research, 2016 Vibrio vulnificus is a bacterium present in natural marine environments that causes infections in immunocompromised people. Sepsis in humans caused by this microorganism is usually accompanied by bullous skin lesions.
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Does Vibrio Vulnificus Present a Health Threat to Canadians? [PDF]
Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1997 OBJECTIVE: To review recent data on Vibrio vulnificus and its properties, characteristics of disease and epidemiology, sources of infection, population at risk, infectious dose, documented cases of infection and health risk from V vulnificus infection in
Stanislava Stavric, Barbara Buchanan
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Global distribution and predictive modeling of Vibrio vulnificus abundance
Communications Earth & EnvironmentThe proliferation of the potentially pathogenic bacterium Vibrio vulnificus due to climate change poses a growing public health threat worldwide. Here we present a global reanalysis of archived 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequencing data, suitable for the ...
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, 2019 Vibrio vulnificus er en bakterie som trives i saltvann over 20 grader og som kan gi sykdom hos personer med sår eller nedsatt immunforsvar (såkalt opportunistisk infeksjon). Alvorlige sykdom forekommer oftest nær Taiwan, Sør-Korea, Japan og i Mexicogolfen.
Sollid, Johanna U Ericson
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A case report of Vibrio vulnificus sepsis in a diabetic patient
Heliyon, 2023 Vibrio vulnificus is a facultative anaerobic, alkalophilic, halophilic, mesophilic, Gram-negative bacterium that can cause severe wound infection, sepsis and diarrhea. This paper reported a case of 85-year-old male patient infected with Vibrio vulnificus
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