DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e31825089d3

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PMID: 22367339

Issn Print: 0277-2116

Publication Date: 2013/05/01


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Fatal Vibrio vulnificus Sepsis in Vertically Acquired Hepatitis C

Margot Anderson; Melissa Knudson; Edwin Frieberg; Matei Petrescu; Russell Van Dyke; Ilana Fortgang

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Vibrio vulnificus is a Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria found in warm coastal waters and known to cause fatal sepsis in patients with end-stage liver disease (ESLD) (1). Sepsis with this organism predominantly afflicts boys and men and older individuals. Only 8 pediatric cases have been documented (2,3). We describe herein the course of a 12-year-old boy with hepatitis C virus infection who contracted V vulnificus by wading in US Gulf Coast waters.

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