A case of Vibrio vulnificus related wound infection diagnosed by next-generation sequencing

Vibrio vulnificus is a serious opportunistic human pathogen, which can cause primary septicemia, wound infection and gastroenteritis. In this case, wound and blood culture failed to grow the pathogen and a next-generation sequencing method was used to detect the pathogen as V. vulnificus. Keywords:...

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Main Authors: Linhui Li, Lingyan Wang, Chunhong Zhang, Peng Chen, Xu Luo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-01-01
Series:IDCases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250918302142