Case Report: Vibrio fluvialis isolated from a wound infection after a piercing trauma in the Baltic Sea. Issue 1 (12th January 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hecht, Juliane; Borowiak, Maria; Fortmeier, Bernhard; Dikou, Salah; Gierer, Wolfgang; Klempien, Ingo; Nekat, Jonas; Schaefer, Stephan; Strauch, Eckhard
• Is Part Of: Access microbiology. Volume 4:Issue 1(2022)
• Publication Date: 2022-01-12
• Subjects: Vibrio fluvialis -- wound infection -- Baltic Sea -- complete genome sequence; Microbiology -- Periodicals; 579
• DOI: 10.1099/acmi.0.000312
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2516-8290

Abstract

Abstract : Vibrio spp. are Gram-negative bacteria found in marine ecosystems. Non-cholera Vibrio spp. can cause gastrointestinal infections and can also lead to wound infections through exposure to contaminated seawater. Vibrio infections are increasingly documented from the Baltic Sea due to extended warm weather periods. We describe the first isolation of Vibrio fluvialis from a wound infection acquired by an impalement injury in the shallow waters of the Baltic Sea. The severe infection required amputation of the third toe. Whole genome sequencing of the isolate was performed and revealed a genome consisting of two circular chromosomes with a size of 1.57 and 3.24 Mb.