| vibrio vulnificus and v. parahaemolyticus necrotising fasciitis in fishermen visiting an estuarine tropical northern australian location. | three cases of severe necrotising fasciitis due to vibrio vulnificus (two cases) and vibrio parahaemolyticus (one case, fatal), have occurred in caucasian tourists while fishing at a remote tropical northern australian estuarine area. infections were acquired over a 4-year period during the tourist fishing season (april to july 2000-2003), when water temperatures range from 23 to 30 degrees c. they are notable for their geographical clustering in the remote western aspect of the gulf of carpenta ... | 2007 | 16890991 |