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Vibrio vulnificus infection
Guidelines
Key sources
The following summarized guidelines for the evaluation and management of Vibrio vulnificus infection are prepared by our editorial team based on guidelines from the Center for Disease Control (CDC 2024), the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL 2022), the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST 2018), the Surgical Infection Society Europe (SIS-E/WSES 2018), the Korean ...
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Diagnostic investigations
Exposure history
As per CDC 2024 guidelines:
Elicit a history of eating raw or undercooked shellfish, particularly oysters, or wound or soft tissue being exposed to salt water, brackish water, raw seafood, or juice or drippings from raw seafood.
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Suspect vibriosis in patients with watery diarrhea recently eaten raw or undercooked seafood, especially oysters, or with a wound infection occurring after exposure to seawater.
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Laboratory testing
Diagnostic imaging
Medical management
Management of gastroenteritis
As per CDC 2024 guidelines:
Do not offer treatment in mild cases. Advise drinking liquids to correct fluid loss from diarrhea.
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Administer antibiotics in patients with severe illness.
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