Vibrio albensis: An unusual urinary tract infection in a healthy male

George F. Araj; Rim Taleb; Nancy K. El Beayni; Erkan Goksu

Journal of Infection and Public Health (Sep 2019)

Vibrio albensis: An unusual urinary tract infection in a healthy male

George F. Araj,
Rim Taleb,
Nancy K. El Beayni,
Erkan Goksu

Affiliations

George F. Araj: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon; Corresponding author at: Clinical Microbiology Division, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, POBox 11-0236, Beirut, 1107-2020, Lebanon.
Rim Taleb: Faculty of Medicine, Beirut Arab University, Beirut, Lebanon
Nancy K. El Beayni: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
Erkan Goksu: Department of Emergency Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 5
pp. 712 – 713

Abstract

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Infections with non-O1 non-O139 Vibro cholerae strains have been reported to affect different extra intestinal sites including the urinary tract infection. We report the first case of UTI due to Vibrio albensis in an immunocompetent patient from Lebanon, where the organism was also recovered from water at his home. Keywords: Vibrio albensis, Urinary tract infection, Vibrio species, Lebanon

Published in Journal of Infection and Public Health

ISSN: 1876-0341 (Print); 1876-035X (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases; Medicine: Public aspects of medicine
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-infection-and-public-health

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