Edouard S., Daumas A., Branger S., Durand J. M., Raoult Didier, Fournier P. E. (2009). Grimontia hollisae, a potential agent of gastroenteritis and bacteraemia in the Mediterranean area. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 28 (6), p. 705-707. ISSN 0934-9723.
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Grimontia hollisae, a potential agent of gastroenteritis and bacteraemia in the Mediterranean area
Edouard S., Daumas A., Branger S., Durand J. M., Raoult Didier, Fournier P. E.
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European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2009,
28 (6), p. 705-707 ISSN 0934-9723
Vibrio hollisae was first described in 1982 as an agent of diarrhoea and was reclassified in 2003 into a novel genus as Grimontia hollisae. We report the first case of G. hollisae bacteraemia in the Mediterranean area, in an 81-year-old man with a severe gastroenteritis and hepatitis following the consumption of raw oysters. The incidence of this micro-organism as an agent of gastroenteritis may be underestimated because it may not be detected using routine culture conditions.