A cat-bite wound infected with vibrio alginolyticus following use of sea cucumber oil.
We report here a 28-year-old accountant diagnosed
with right leg abscess after being bitten and scratched by a stray cat. Vibrio
alginolyticus was isolated from the pus sample. The patient gave no history of
contact with ocean water immediately before or after the cat scratch episode. The
patient did apply commercial sea cucumber oil to the wound; we presume this
is the cause of the Vibrio alginolyticus wound infection. To the best of our knowledge,
this is the first reported case of Vibrio alginolyticus wound infection caused
by commercially available sea cucumber oil.
PMID: 29620802 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health - Category: Tropical Medicine Tags: Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health Source Type: research