%0 Journal Article
%T Vibrio parahaemolyticus Induced Cellulitis and Septic Shock after a Sea Beach Holiday in a Patient with Leg Ulcers
%A Carlo Mainetti
%A Caroline Guillod
%A Francesca Ghitti
%J Archive of "Case Reports in Dermatology".
%D 2019
%R 10.1159/000499478
%X Infections with Vibrio parahaemolyticus, a gram-negative bacterium found in salt water, are mainly gastrointestinal or cutaneous. The development of sepsis is not uncommon. We report the case of an 85-year-old patient who developed lower limb cellulitis caused by V. parahaemolyticus, originating from leg ulcers and complicated by septicaemia and septic shock, after a sea beach holiday. We discuss the epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations and treatment of V. parahaemolyticus infections
%K Vibrio parahaemolyticus
%K Cellulitis
%K Septicaemia
%K Septic shock
%K Leg ulcer
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6514507/