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Vibrio cholerae bacteria causes the serious epidemic disease called as 'Cholera'. There is vomiting and loose motion of sudden onset. Typically there is rice water stool. When you do not treat the disease promptly, the disease carries very high mortality.
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∙ 9y agoVibrio vulnificus, an opportunistic human pathogen, responsible for the overwhelming majority of reported seafood-related deaths in the United States.
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What is vibriosis?
Vibriosis is a disease caused by an infection with bacteria of the Vibrio genus, most commonly Vibrio parahemolyticus or Vibrio vulnificus.
What causes vibriosis?
Vibriosis is caused by eating seafood contaminated with Vibrio parahemolyticus or Vibrio vulnificus.
What is the shape of vibrio vulnificus?
rodlike
What is the prognosis for vibriosis?
Most healthy persons completely recover from diarrhea caused by Vibrio bacteria. Vibrio vulnificus blood infection affects persons with underlying illness
What medium do you culture Vibrio vulnificus in?
TCBS
What causes the gas gangrene disease?
Gas gangrene is rare in the United States. The condition is most often caused by a bacteria called Clostridium perfringens.However, it also can be caused by Group A streptococcus. Staphylococcus aureus and Vibrio vulnificus can cause similar infections.
When and by whom was vibrio vulnificus discovered?
Hugo Reichelt in 1976.
How does vibrio vulnificus move?
Like sperm but in a cooler way!
What food sources are accoiated with vibrio vulnificus?
It is in clams in the waters of the gulf of Mexico
What are the steps for prevention vibrio vulnificus?
Do not eat raw seafood and do not swim in salt water with an open cut
Vibrio vulnificus what does it need to thrive?
It's free living meaning it doesn't need another organism to survive.
What does Vibrio Vulnificus need to thrive?
lives inside oysters harvested from warm coastal waters, such as the Gulf of Mexico.
