| vibrio vulnificus wound infections from the mississippi gulf coastal waters: june to august 1993. | vibrio vulnificus, part of the normal marine flora of the gulf of mexico, is being increasingly recognized as an important human pathogen. v vulnificus contamination of superficial wounds can cause a severe, rapidly progressive, necrotizing cellulitis with bullous skin lesions that may require surgical debridement and is occasionally fatal. we summarize information about six cases of v vulnificus wound infection reported to the mississippi state department of health from june to august 1993. fiv ... | 1995 | 7732441 |
| densities of vibrio vulnificus in the intestines of fish from the u.s. gulf coast. | densities of vibrio vulnificus in the intestinal contents of various finfish, oysters, and crabs and in sediment and waters of the u.s. gulf coast were determined by the most probable number procedure. species were identified by enzyme immunoassay. during the winter, densities of v. vulnificus were low, and the organism was isolated more frequently from sheepshead fish than from sediment and seawater. from april to october, v. vulnificus densities were considerably higher (2 to 5 logs) in estuar ... | 1994 | 8161189 |
| more on the emergency response to the gulf coast devastation by hurricanes katrina and rita: experiences and impressions. | | 2006 | 16439289 |
| relationships between environmental factors and pathogenic vibrios in the northern gulf of mexico. | although autochthonous vibrio densities are known to be influenced by water temperature and salinity, little is understood about other environmental factors associated with their abundance and distribution. densities of culturable vibrio vulnificus containing vvh (v. vulnificus hemolysin gene) and v. parahaemolyticus containing tlh (thermolabile hemolysin gene, ubiquitous in v. parahaemolyticus), tdh (thermostable direct hemolysin gene, v. parahaemolyticus pathogenicity factor), and trh (tdh-rel ... | 2010 | 20817802 |
| high numbers of vibrio vulnificus in tar balls collected from oiled areas of the north-central gulf of mexico following the 2010 bp deepwater horizon oil spill. | the deepwater horizon oil spill was the largest oil spill in usa history releasing approximately 4.9 million barrels of crude oil into the gulf of mexico. soon after the spill started, tar balls and other forms of weathered oil appeared in large numbers on beaches in mississippi and alabama. in this study, we analyzed tar balls for total aerobic bacterial (tab) counts and also for the presence of vibrio vulnificus, a human pathogen known to be abundant in the gulf coast environment and capable o ... | 2011 | 22109669 |
| ecology of vibrio parahaemolyticus and vibrio vulnificus in the coastal and estuarine waters of louisiana, maryland, mississippi, and washington (united states). | vibrio parahaemolyticus and vibrio vulnificus, which are native to estuaries globally, are agents of seafood-borne or wound infections, both potentially fatal. like all vibrios autochthonous to coastal regions, their abundance varies with changes in environmental parameters. sea surface temperature (sst), sea surface height (ssh), and chlorophyll have been shown to be predictors of zooplankton and thus factors linked to vibrio populations. the contribution of salinity, conductivity, turbidity, a ... | 2012 | 22865080 |