Volume 28, Number 12—December 2022
CME ACTIVITY - Synopsis
Clinical and Epidemiologic Characteristics and Therapeutic Management of Patients with Vibrio Infections, Bay of Biscay, France, 2001–2019
Florence Hoefler1
, Xavier Pouget-Abadie, Mariam Roncato-Saberan, Romain Lemarié, Eve-Marie Takoudju, François Raffi, Stéphane Corvec, Morgane Le Bras2, Charles Cazanave, Philippe Lehours, Thomas Guimard, and Caroline Allix-Béguec
, Xavier Pouget-Abadie, Mariam Roncato-Saberan, Romain Lemarié, Eve-Marie Takoudju, François Raffi, Stéphane Corvec, Morgane Le Bras2, Charles Cazanave, Philippe Lehours, Thomas Guimard, and Caroline Allix-Béguec
Table 1
Clinical characteristics of patients with Vibrio infection, by species, Bay of Biscay, France, 2001–2019*
| Characteristic | V. alginolyticus | V. parahaemolyticus | V. cholerae non-O1/O139 | V. vulnificus | Other species |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total patients |
23 (100) |
20 (100) |
10 (100) |
7 (100) |
7 (100) |
| Demographics | |||||
| Age, y, median (SD) | 50 (+26.7) | 53 (+22.8) | 69 (+19.7) | 66 (+11.5) | 40 (+24.8) |
| Sex | |||||
| M | 19 (83) | 15 (75) | 7 (70) | 7 (100) | 6 (86) |
| F |
4 (17) |
5 (25) |
3 (30) |
0 |
1 (14) |
| Underlying condition | |||||
| Heart failure | 8 (35) | 6 (30) | 5 (50) | 4 (57) | 1 (14) |
| Neoplasia | 1 (4) | 5 (25) | 4 (40) | 0 (0) | 1 (14) |
| Diabetes | 2 (9) | 3 (15) | 1 (10) | 1 (14) | 1 (14) |
| Kidney failure | 2 (9) | 1 (5) | 1 (10) | 0 | 3 (43) |
| Immune disease | 2 (9) | 2 (10) | 1 (10) | 0 | 2 (29) |
| Hemopathy | 1 (4) | 1 (5) | 1 (10) | 1 (14) | 1 (14) |
| Liver disease | 1 (4) | 1 (5) | 2 (20) | 1 (14) | 0 |
| Alcohol use disorder | 2 (9) | 1 (5) | 2 (20) | 2 (29) | 0 |
| Preexisting wound | 3 (13) | 0 | 0 | 3 (43) | 0 |
| Digestive surgery |
2 (9) |
2 (10) |
1 (10) |
0 |
1 (14) |
| Time to symptom onset, d, median (SD) |
2.4 (+2.0) |
1.3 (+0.9) |
3 (+4.4) |
5.6 (+8.1) |
1 (+0.0) |
| Infection type | |||||
| Acute | 14 (61) | 19 (95) | 10 (100) | 7 (100) | 5 (71) |
| Chronic |
9 (39) |
1 (5) |
0 |
0 |
2 (29) |
| Outcome | |||||
| Recovered | 21 (91) | 17 (85) | 8 (80) | 6 (86) | 7 (100) |
| Died | 2 (9) | 3 (15) | 2 (20) | 1 (14) | 0 |
*Values are no. (%) except as indicated.
1Current affiliation: Centre Hospitalier Troyes, Troyes, France.
2Current affiliation: Centre Hospitalier d’Auxerre, Auxerre, France.
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