| spectrum of vibrio infections in a gulf coast community. | infection with vibrio species was diagnosed in 23 patients over a 10-year period in a gulf coast community. species isolated were vibrio vulnificus, v. cholerae, v. parahaemolyticus, and v. alginolyticus. clinical presentations included diarrhea, wound infection, and bacteremia. gastrointestinal tract infection was infrequently diagnosed, despite the routine use of stool culture media appropriate for vibrio isolation. bacteremic infections were severe and occurred only in patients with underlyin ... | 1983 | 6625378 |
| isolation of vibrio cholerae o1 from oysters--mobile bay, 1991-1992. | on july 2, 1991, during routine monitoring, the food and drug administration (fda) isolated toxigenic vibrio cholerae o1, serotype inaba, biotype ei tor from oysters and intestinal contents of an oyster-eating fish taken from closed oyster beds in mobile bay. this isolate was indistinguishable from the latin american epidemic strain and differed from the strain of v. cholerae o1 that is endemic to the gulf coast. this report summarizes the public health response to this isolation of v. cholerae ... | 1993 | 8429813 |
| use of a real time pcr assay for detection of the ctxa gene of vibrio cholerae in an environmental survey of mobile bay. | toxigenic vibrio cholerae, the etiological agent of cholera, is a natural inhabitant of the marine environment and causes severe diarrheal disease affecting thousands of people each year in developing countries. it is the subject of extensive testing of shrimp produced and exported from these countries. we report the development of a real time pcr (qpcr) assay to detect the gene encoding cholera toxin, ctxa, found in toxigenic v. cholerae strains. this assay was tested against dna isolated from ... | 2007 | 17034889 |
| severe diarrhea caused by cholera toxin-producing vibrio cholerae serogroup o75 infections acquired in the southeastern united states. | from 2003 through 2007, vibrio cholerae serogroup o75 strains possessing the cholera toxin gene were isolated from 6 patients with severe diarrhea, including 3 in georgia, 2 in alabama, and 1 in south carolina. these reports represent the first identification of v. cholerae o75 as a cause of illness in the united states. v. cholerae o75 was isolated from a water sample collected from a pond in louisiana in 2004. subsequently, 3 v. cholerae isolates from louisiana (2 from patients with diarrhea i ... | 2008 | 18781876 |
| effects of desiccation practices of cultured atlantic oysters (crassostrea virginica) on vibrio spp. in portersville bay, alabama, usa. | the expansion of off-bottom aquaculture to the gulf of mexico has raised public health concerns for human health officials. high temperatures in the gulf of mexico are associated with high levels of vibrio parahaemolyticus and vibrio vulnificus. routine desiccation practices associated with off-bottom aquaculture expose oysters to ambient air, allowing vibrio spp. to proliferate in the closed oyster. currently, there is limited research on the length of time needed for vibrio spp. levels in desi ... | 2017 | 28696147 |