| an outbreak of vibrio vulnificus infection in kumamoto, japan, 2001. | | 2004 | 15262710 |
| epidemiological survey of vibrio vulnificus infection in japan between 1999 and 2003. | the frequency of vibrio vulnificus infection is very rare and there are many questions regarding its epidemiology in japan. to investigate the clinical course and epidemiology of v. vulnificus infection in japan, we performed a retrospective questionnaire survey in which 1693 hospitals from all over japan were surveyed, including advanced life saving emergency centers and dermatology institutions. of the 1693 hospitals, we received answers from 1045. ninety-four cases were confirmed as v. vulnif ... | 2008 | 18346255 |
| the growth of vibrio vulnificus and the habitat of infected patients in kumamoto. | in japan, vibrio vulnificus (v. vulnificus) infection is very rare, and most infections have occurred in kumamoto prefecture (1), and especially around the ariake and yatsushiro seas. to investigate the relationship between the occurrence of v. vulnificus infection and environmental factors, including the salinity of seawater and the amount of rain in the ariake and yatsushiro seas, we measured the most probable number (mpn) of v. vulnificus in seawater and sea mud. in the ariake sea, we also ob ... | 2007 | 20103883 |
| pathology survey of the short-neck clam ruditapes philippinarum occurring on sandy tidal flats along the coast of ariake bay, kyushu, japan. | the pathological condition of the short-neck clam ruditapes philippinarum was surveyed along the coast of kumamoto, japan, in june 2004. dna sequences of the non-transcribed spacer region and internal transcribed spacer region flanking 5.8s rrna identified perkinsus olseni among the clams. ray's fluid thioglycollate medium assay indicated that 96.7% of the clams surveyed from the kiguchi river tidal flat (native clams, stn kr-n) and 96.7% of the clams surveyed from the midori river tidal flat (s ... | 2008 | 18602398 |
| [distribution of vibrio vulnificus along the coastal area of shimane prefecture and contamination of retail fish and shellfish with v. vulnificus in shimane prefecture, japan]. | we studied distribution of vibrio vulnificus in sea water, sediment, and shellfish along the coast and contamination of retail fish and shellfish with v. vulnificus in shimane prefecture, japan between 2001 and 2004. v. vulnificus was isolated from 77 (68.1%) of 113 sea water samples with < or =10(5) mpn/l, 88 (70.4%) of 125 sediment samples with < or = 10(7) mpn/100g, 8 (17.2%) of 46 fish samples with < or = 10(6) cfu/10 g and 68 (43.8%) of 156 shellfish samples with < or = 10(6) mpn/10g. this ... | 2006 | 16780128 |