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KMID : 0882420110800030356
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Korean Journal of Medicine
2011 Volume.80 No. 3 p.356 ~ p.359
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Pyomyositis Caused by Non-O1 Vibrio Cholerae in a Patient with Liver Cirrhosis
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Park Sung-Keun
Lee Ji-Won
Kim Jin-Yong
Seo Yiel-Hea
Cho Yonng-Kyun
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Abstract
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A 63-year-old man with underlying liver cirrhosis was admitted with painful swelling of the right thigh. We identified a non-O1 Vibrio cholerae strain in blood cultures and multiple pyomyositis in the lower limbs. Non-O1 V. cholerae strains have caused several well-studied food-borne outbreaks of gastroenteritis and have been responsible for sporadic cases of otitis media, skin and soft tissue infection, and bacteremia. Skin and soft tissue infection due to non-O1 V. cholerae is rare and is commonly associated with the presence of chronic underlying disease, such as liver cirrhosis, diabetes mellitus, an immunocompromised state, or a hematological malignancy. We report the first case of pyomyositis caused by non-O1 V. cholerae in Korea. Physicians should consider non-O1 V. cholerae strains as a pathogen that can cause pyomyositis.
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KEYWORD
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Vibrio cholerae non-O1, Pyomyositis, Liver cirrhosis
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