Cover Image

A Case Study Of A Cat-bite Wound Infected With Vibrio Alginolyticus Following Use Of Sea Cucumber Oil

Vibrio alginolyficus is a halophilic gram-negative marine pathogen. The modes of transmission are mainly via direct contact with seawater and indirect contact through marine creatures. We report here a 28-year-old accountant diagnosed with right leg abscess after being bitten and scratched by a s...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mohamed, Dr. Nurul Azmawati
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016
Subjects:
Vibrio infection, cat-bite
Online Access:http://ddms.usim.edu.my:80/jspui/handle/123456789/13781
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
id my.usim-13781
record_format dspace
spelling my.usim-137812016-12-27T04:56:07Z A Case Study Of A Cat-bite Wound Infected With Vibrio Alginolyticus Following Use Of Sea Cucumber Oil Mohamed, Dr. Nurul Azmawati Vibrio infection, cat-bite Vibrio alginolyficus is a halophilic gram-negative marine pathogen. The modes of transmission are mainly via direct contact with seawater and indirect contact through marine creatures. We report here a 28-year-old accountant diagnosed with right leg abscess after being bitten and scratched by a stray cat. Vibrio alginolyticus was isolated from the pus sample. The patient gave no history of contact with ocean water immediately before or after the cat scratch episode. The patient did apply commercial sea cucumber oil to the wound; we presume this is the cause of the Vibrio alginolyticus wound infection. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of Vibrio alginolyficus wound infection caused by commercially available sea cucumber oiL 2016-12-27T04:56:07Z 2016-12-27T04:56:07Z 2016-09 Article 0924-8579 http://ddms.usim.edu.my:80/jspui/handle/123456789/13781 en Elsevier
institution Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia
building USIM Library
collection Institutional Repository
continent Asia
country Malaysia
content_provider Universit Sains Islam i Malaysia
content_source USIM Institutional Repository
url_provider http://ddms.usim.edu.my/
language English
topic Vibrio infection, cat-bite
spellingShingle Vibrio infection, cat-bite
Mohamed, Dr. Nurul Azmawati
A Case Study Of A Cat-bite Wound Infected With Vibrio Alginolyticus Following Use Of Sea Cucumber Oil
description Vibrio alginolyficus is a halophilic gram-negative marine pathogen. The modes of transmission are mainly via direct contact with seawater and indirect contact through marine creatures. We report here a 28-year-old accountant diagnosed with right leg abscess after being bitten and scratched by a stray cat. Vibrio alginolyticus was isolated from the pus sample. The patient gave no history of contact with ocean water immediately before or after the cat scratch episode. The patient did apply commercial sea cucumber oil to the wound; we presume this is the cause of the Vibrio alginolyticus wound infection. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of Vibrio alginolyficus wound infection caused by commercially available sea cucumber oiL
format Article
author Mohamed, Dr. Nurul Azmawati
author_facet Mohamed, Dr. Nurul Azmawati
author_sort Mohamed, Dr. Nurul Azmawati
title A Case Study Of A Cat-bite Wound Infected With Vibrio Alginolyticus Following Use Of Sea Cucumber Oil
title_short A Case Study Of A Cat-bite Wound Infected With Vibrio Alginolyticus Following Use Of Sea Cucumber Oil
title_full A Case Study Of A Cat-bite Wound Infected With Vibrio Alginolyticus Following Use Of Sea Cucumber Oil
title_fullStr A Case Study Of A Cat-bite Wound Infected With Vibrio Alginolyticus Following Use Of Sea Cucumber Oil
title_full_unstemmed A Case Study Of A Cat-bite Wound Infected With Vibrio Alginolyticus Following Use Of Sea Cucumber Oil
title_sort case study of a cat-bite wound infected with vibrio alginolyticus following use of sea cucumber oil
publisher Elsevier
publishDate 2016
url http://ddms.usim.edu.my:80/jspui/handle/123456789/13781
_version_ 1645153500785541120
score 13.222552

Similar Items