Current perspectives on the epidemiology and pathogenesis of clinically significant Vibrio spp.

Janda, J. Michael; Powers, Claire; Bryant, Raymond G.; Abbott, Sharon L.

doi:10.1128/cmr.1.3.245-267.1988

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“…The sucrose-nonfermenting colonies appearing on the agar medium were screened by using a multitest medium for presumptive identification (8). Strains that yielded an alkaline slant and acid butt were examined by oxidase test, and the presumptive identification was subsequently confirmed by standard cultural and biochemical characteristics (7) and by the presence of the V. parahaemolyticus toxR gene, a species-specific regulatory gene (11,19). V. parahaemolyticus strains other than those isolated in Calcutta were obtained from the Osaka and Kansai Airport Quarantine Stations in Japan, and their identities were confirmed as described above.…”

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Emergence of a unique O3:K6 clone of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Calcutta, India, and isolation of strains from the same clonal group from Southeast Asian travelers arriving in Japan

et al. 1997

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Active surveillance of Vibrio parahaemolyticus infection among hospitalized patients in Calcutta, India, was initiated in January 1994. The incidence of cases of V. parahaemolyticus infection suddenly increased in February 1996 and has remained high since then. One hundred thirty-four strains of V. parahaemolyticus isolated from January 1994 to August 1996 were examined for serovar, the presence of the thermostable direct hemolysin gene (tdh) and tdh-related hemolysin genes (trh1 and trh2), production of urease, and antibiogram. Strains of the O3:K6 serovar appeared for the first time in February 1996. The O3:K6 serovar strains accounted for 50 to 80% of the strains isolated during the high-incidence period (February to August 1996). All of the serovar O3:K6 strains carried the tdh gene but not the trh genes and did not produce urease. All of the isolates except two were sensitive to all of the antibiotics tested. These and the results of analysis by an arbitrarily primed PCR method indicated that the O3:K6 serovar strains belong to a unique clone. When the O3:K6 serovar strains, isolated from travelers arriving in Japan from Southeast Asian countries, were compared by the arbitrarily primed PCR method, the strains isolated between 1982 and 1993 were distinct from Calcutta O3:K6 while the strains isolated in 1995 and 1996 were indistinguishable from the Calcutta O3:K6 strains. The results suggest that this unique O3:K6 clone may have become prevalent not only in Calcutta but also in Southeast Asian countries very recently. Not only the O3:K6 strains but also the non-O3:K6, tdh-bearing strains isolated in 1996 produced thermostable direct hemolysin at high levels, and thus the level of hemolysin produced does not appear to have influenced the high incidence of serovar O3:K6 strains.

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Emergence of a unique O3:K6 clone of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Calcutta, India, and isolation of strains from the same clonal group from Southeast Asian travelers arriving in Japan

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“…Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio cholerae non‐O1 are among the species most frequently involved in gastroenteritis cases (Janda et al. 1988).…”

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DETECTION OF VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS AND VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS IN SHELLFISH SAMPLES USING COLLAGENASE‐TARGETED MULTIPLEX‐PCR

Pinto

Ciccarese

et al. 2006

Journal of Food Safety

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The increase of Vibrio infections especially associated with the consumption of contaminated seafood and fish underlines the necessity of an efficient monitoring system for Vibrio spp. supported by appropriate detection tools both in food products and in clinical samples. The aim of this study was the evaluation of the reliability of the collagenase-targeted multiplex-polymerase chain reaction (m-PCR) for the detection of Vibrio alginolyticus, Vibrio cholerae and Vibrio parahaemolyticus in shellfish samples enriched in alkaline peptone water (APW). The coupling of a pre-enrichment phase of the samples with the specificity of the PCR-based assay was applied successfully to the detection of V. alginolyticus and V. parahaemolyticus, demonstrating that collagenase-target m-PCR may be used as a valid molecular target to discriminate the three Vibrio species.3 Corresponding

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“…The organism needs transferrin‐bound iron for growth; in patients with iron overload and transferrin saturation of 75% or higher, free iron is available for use by the organism and it then can grow (Vollberg & Herrera). Other studies have shown that decreased activity of neutrophils can increase the survival of this organism (Janda, Powers, Bryant, & Abbott, 1988; Levine & Griffin, 1993; Whitman & Griffin, 1993). Disorders such as diabetes and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have been shown to be associated with defects in phagocytosis, which explains why these disease conditions are more susceptible to V. vulnificus .…”

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Post–Hurricane Katrina challenge: Vibrio vulnificus

Rhoads

2006

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

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Current perspectives on the epidemiology and pathogenesis of clinically significant Vibrio spp.

Cited by 72 publications

References 135 publications

Emergence of a unique O3:K6 clone of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Calcutta, India, and isolation of strains from the same clonal group from Southeast Asian travelers arriving in Japan

Emergence of a unique O3:K6 clone of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Calcutta, India, and isolation of strains from the same clonal group from Southeast Asian travelers arriving in Japan

DETECTION OF VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS AND VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS IN SHELLFISH SAMPLES USING COLLAGENASE‐TARGETED MULTIPLEX‐PCR

Post–Hurricane Katrina challenge: Vibrio vulnificus

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