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Volume 29, Number 3—March 2023
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Correlation of High Seawater Temperature with Vibrio and Shewanella Infections, Denmark, 2010–2018

Yaovi Mahuton Gildas HounmanouComments to Author , Jørgen Engberg, Karsten Dalsgaard Bjerre, Hanne Marie Holt, Bente Olesen, Marianne Voldstedlund, Anders Dalsgaard, and Steen Ethelberg
Author affiliations: University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark (Y.M.G. Hounmanou, A. Dalsgaard, S. Ethelberg); Zealand University Hospital, Køge, Denmark (J. Engberg); Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen (K.D. Bjerre, M. Voldstedlund, S. Ethelberg); Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark (H.M. Holt); Herlev and Gentofte University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark (B. Olesen).

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Table

Distribution of species per type of Vibrio and Shewanella infections, Denmark 2010–2018*

Bacterial species
 Type of manifestation or site of infection, no. (%)
Ear
 Wound and shallow soft tissue
 Septicemia
 Feces†
 Deep soft tissue
 Respiratory tract
 Urine
 Other
Shewanella algae 99 (16.6) 82 (19.3) 4 (10.3) NA 3 (12.5) 6 (30) 1 (7.7) 2 (9.5)
S. putrefaciens 86 (14.5) 80 (18.9) 10 (25.6) NA 12 (50) 7 (35) 8 (61.5) 10 (47.6)
Shewanella spp.‡ 58 (9.7) 41 (9.7) 1 (2.6) NA 1 (4.2) 6 (30) 2 (15.4) 2 (9.5)
Total Shewanella
 243
 203
 15
 NA
 16
 19
 11
 14
Vibrio alginolyticus 248 (41.7) 72 (17) 2 (5.1) 2 (8.7) 4 (16.7) 1 (5) 0 4 (19)
V. cholerae 12 (2) 1 (0.2) 0 4 (17.4) 0 0 0 1 (4.8)
V. fluvialis 9 (1.5) 3 (0.7) 1 (2.6) 4 (17.4) 0 0 0 0
V. parahaemolyticus 36 (6.1) 103 (24.3) 5 (12.8) 9 (39.1) 2 (8.3) 0 0 1 (4.8)
V. vulnificus 2 (0.3) 11 (2.6) 14 (35.9) 1 (4.3) 2 (8.3) 0 2 (15.4) 0
Vibrio spp.‡ 45 (7.6) 31 (7.3) 2 (5.1) 3 (13) 0 0 0 1 (4.8)
Total Vibrio
 352
 221
 24
 23
 8
 1
 2
 7
Total 595 424 39 23 24 20 13 21

*NA, not applicable. †S. algae, S. putrefaciens, S. spp. found in feces samples (n = 24) were excluded from all analyses. ‡Not identified to species level.

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