Vibrio Vulnificus Infections

 

This guide is an introductory list to help locate research materials at the Rowland Medical Library.  Vibrio vulnificus, a non-cholera vibrio is an important cause of cellulitis and septicemia, which may follow ingestion of contaminated shellfish or exposure to contaminated sea water. Cellulitis accompanied by bulla formation and necrosis may cause extensive soft tissue destruction. Immunocompromised individuals, especially those with liver disease are at the highest risk, and the death rate can be as high as 50%. Treatment includes antibiotics, and sometimes requires surgical removal of damaged soft tissue and amputation. 

Guides / Handbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries / Selected textbooks / More books / Selected journals / More journals / Selected indexes and abstracts / Selected journal articles / More reference sources / Specialized sources / Selected electronic sources

Guides  

AMA, ANA, CDC, FDA. Diagnosis and management of foodborne illness: A primer for physicians and other health care professionals. MMWR. 2004, April 16, 53(RR04);1-33.

Morris, J. G. 2007. Vibrio vulnificus infections. UpToDate. http://www.uptodate.com, (available only to UMC users on campus)

The American Liver Foundation.  Vibrio vulnificus: Fact sheet for health care providers. 

Handbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries

Tierney, Lawrence M., et al. (eds.). Current medical diagnosis & treatment. p.1428. 45th ed.
        WB 141 C8 2006

Ferri, Fred F. (ed.). Ferri's clinical advisor: instant diagnosis and treatment. p.170. 
        REF WB 39 F477 2005

Wilson, Walter R., et al. (eds.). Current diagnosis & treatment in infectious diseases. p. 605-609b. 2001.
        REF WC 100 C872 2001

Selected textbooks

Mandell, Gerald L., et al. (eds.). Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's principles and practice of infectious diseases. p.2272-2274. 5th ed.
        REF WC 100.3 P75 V.2 2000 C.2

Georgiev, Vassil St.  Infectious diseases in immunocompromised hosts.
        WC 100 G467 1998

Gorbach, Sherwood L. Infectious diseases.
        WC 100 I534 2004

More books 

Search RoMeO Public Access Catalog

Suggested subject headings: Skin infections
  Sepsis
Wound infection
Shock, Septic

Selected journals 

More journals

Search RoMeO Public Access Catalog

Suggested subject headings Bacterial infections -- Periodicals
  Infection -- Periodicals

Selected indexes and abstracts

Index Medicus & MEDLINE  (Off Campus Login Required)

Suggested subject headings: Vibrio vulnificus 
Vibrio Infections
Cellulitis

 

Academic Search Premier  (Off Campus Login Required)

Search using keywords: Vibrio vulnificus
Vibrio Infections
Cellulitis
Septicemia

                      

NLM Environmental Health and Toxicology 

Suggested subject headings: Vibrio vulnificus
Vibrio Infections
Cellulitis

 

Selected journal articles

Oliver JD. Wound infections caused by Vibrio vulnificus and other marine bacteria.
Epidemiol Infect. 2005 Jun;133(3):383-91. Review. 

          Chung PH, et al. Cutaneous injury and Vibrio vulnificus infection. Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 Aug;12(8):1302-3. 
 
          Liu JW, et al. Prognostic factors and antibiotics in Vibrio vulnificus septicemia. Arch Intern Med. 2006 Oct 23;166(19):2117-23. Erratum in: Arch Intern Med. 2007 Jan 22;167(2):194.
 
          Tarr CL, et al. Identification of Vibrio isolates by a multiplex PCR assay and rpoB sequence determination. J Clin Microbiol. 2007 Jan;45(1):134-40. Epub 2006 Nov 8.
 
          Tsai YH, et al. Necrotizing soft-tissue infections and sepsis caused by Vibrio vulnificus compared with those caused by Aeromonas species. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2007 Mar;89(3):631-6.
 
          Tsuchiya T, et al. Vibrio vulnificus damages macrophages during the early phase of infection. Infect Immun. 2007 Sep;75(9):4592-6. Epub 2007 Jun 25.
 
           Kuo YL, et al. Necrotizing fasciitis caused by Vibrio vulnificus: epidemiology, clinical findings, treatment and prevention. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2007 Nov;26(11):785-92.
 
           Bross MH, et al. Vibrio vulnificus infection: diagnosis and treatment. Am Fam Physician. 2007 Aug 15;76(4):539-44. Review.
 
           American Academy of Family Physicians.Information from your family doctor. Vibrio vulnificus infection: what you should know. Am Fam Physician. 2007 Aug 15;76(4):546. 
 
           Nakashima Y, et al. A chromogenic substrate culture plate for early identification of Vibrio vulnificus and isolation of other marine Vibrios. Ann Clin Lab Sci. 2007 Autumn;37(4):330-4.
 
           Kim YR, et al. Vibrio vulnificus RTX toxin kills host cells only after contact of the bacteria with host cells. Cell Microbiol. 2007 Nov 13; [Epub ahead of print]
 
           Kim CM, et al. A Widespread Deferoxamine-Mediated Iron-Uptake System in Vibrio vulnificus. J Infect Dis. 2007 Nov 15;196(10):1537-45. Epub 2007 Oct 31.

More reference sources

Alper BS (via DynaMed Systematic Literature Surveillance). Cellulitis. DynaMed 2007.  Available from URL: http://www.dynamicmedical.com (available only to UMC users)

Specialized sources

School of Medicine.  601-984-5556.
        University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson
        Rathel L. Nolan, MD. rnolan@medicine.umsmed.edu

Selected electronic sources

VisualDX: Vibrio vulnificus
 http://www.visualdx.com/vibrio/vibrioInfo.jsp

U.S. Food and Drug Administration - Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/chap10.html

CDC: Disease Information - Vibrio vulnificus
 http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/vibriovulnificus_g.htm

Author:  Gongchao Yang
Copyright 2005, Rev. 2007 Reference Department, Rowland Medical Library,
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson