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. 1981 Dec;14(6):711–712. doi: 10.1128/jcm.14.6.711-712.1981

Vibrio metschnikovii Bacteremia in a Patient with Cholecystitis

W Jean-Jacques 1,2, K R Rajashekaraiah 1,2,3, J J Farmer III 4, F W Hickman 2, J Glenn Morris 5, Charles A Kallick 1,2
PMCID: PMC274032  PMID: 7037845

Abstract

Vibrio metschnikovii was isolated from the blood of an 82-year-old patient with peritonitis and an inflamed gallbladder. This is probably the first clinically significant isolate of this new vibrio.

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