Table 1. Characteristics of patients with domestically-acquired Vibrio spp. infections by age group, Germany, 2018 and 2019 (n = 63).
| Characteristic | Total (n = 63) |
Wound infections (n = 38) | Ear infections (n = 16) | Gastroenteritis (n = 6) |
Pneumonia (n = 2) |
Primary septicaemia (n = 1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age in years, Median (range) | 65 (2–93) | 69 (7–93) | 13 (3–78) | 60 (2–88) | 73 (68–78) | 88 |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 44 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Female | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Vibrio spp. | ||||||
|
V. cholerae
(non-O1/non-O139) |
30 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| V. vulnificus a | 24 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| V. parahaemolyticus a | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| V. fluvialis | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| V. alginolyticus | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Comorbidities | ||||||
| Information available | 41 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Chronic disease | 25 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Immunosuppressionb | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Course of disease | ||||||
| Information available (n) | 41 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Antibiotic treatment | 37 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Hospital admission | 35 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Intensive care unit admission | 21 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Death | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
a One patient was co-infected with V. vulnificus and V. parahaemolyticus, which were detected in wounds as well as in blood cultures.
b Immunosuppression was the result of immunosuppressive therapy, underlying haematological malignancies, or splenectomy.