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Case Reports
. 2021 Apr 9;16(6):1348-1351.
doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2021.03.021. eCollection 2021 Jun.

Vibrio mimicus wound infection in a burn patient

Anne Yang  1 , Mohamed Yassin  1 , Tung Phan  2
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Case Reports

Vibrio mimicus wound infection in a burn patient

Anne Yang et al. Radiol Case Rep. .

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Abstract

Burns are one of the most common and devastating forms of trauma. Burns are a significant problem with high associated morbidity and mortality worldwide. Burn wound infection is a serious complication, which plays an important role in increasing the overall fatality rate in burn patients. In this study, we report a case of the polymicrobial burn wound infection involving V mimicus in a 56-year-old male, who was transferred from an outside hospital to the inpatient burn unit after sustaining traumatic and burn injuries in a firework explosion accident. The patient underwent surgical treatment and antibiotics with good improvement. Although rare, our case study will help to underscore the important role of V mimicus as a human pathogen.

Keywords: Burn; V mimicus; polymicrobial infection; trauma.

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(A). The clinical photograph and (B) the radiograph of the right open tibial-fibular fracture status post open reduction internal fixation (ORIF) with overlying wound and exposed hardware at day 7 after the firework explosion accident.
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V mimicus grew on sheep blood agar and MacConkey agar. V mimicus is beta hemolytic on sheep blood agar and non-lactose fermenting on MacConkey agar.
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