| evaluation of hawaiian green turtles (chelonia mydas) for potential pathogens associated with fibropapillomas. | thirty-two juvenile green turtles (chelonia mydas) were captured alive in kaneohe bay, island of oahu, hawaii, during september 1991. ten of the turtles sampled were afflicted with green turtle fibropapillomatosis (gtfp) in varying degrees of severity. virus isolation attempts were negative in all individuals. using nasopharyngeal and cloacal swabs, we isolated 28 gram negative bacteria, five gram positive cocci, bacillus spp., and diphtheroids. the most common isolates included pseudomonas fluo ... | 1994 | 8151829 |
| vibrios on the half shell: what the walrus and the carpenter didn't know. | at least nine vibrio species have been associated with disease in the united states. vibrio fluvialis, v. hollisae, v. mimicus, and v. parahaemolyticus cause diarrheal diseases, but may also be encountered in extraintestinal infections such as wound and ear infections, septicemia, and cholecystitis. vibrio alginolyticus, v. damsela, v. metschnikovii, and v. vulnificus primarily cause extraintestinal disease. toxigenic v. cholerae o1 is the cause of epidemic cholera, whereas nontoxigenic v. chole ... | 1983 | 6625388 |
| vibrio alginolyticus infections in hawaii. | clinical and bacteriological features of eight cases of vibrio alginolyticus infections in hawaii are presented. these isolates occurred in superficial sites, primarily related to infections caused by swimming. | 1977 | 886005 |