Vibrio vulnificus is a gram-negative bacillus found in warm coastal waters. It causes two distinct syndromes: a primary septicemia related to seafood consumption and a necrotizing wound infection acquired by exposing open wounds to contaminated seawater.
Category
Infectious disease
Brite
Infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Bacterial infections
Infections caused by other gamma proteobacteria
H00308 Vibrio vulnificus infection
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Gastroenteritis or colitis of infectious origin
Bacterial intestinal infections
1A01 Intestinal infection due to other Vibrio
H00308 Vibrio vulnificus infection