| Vibrio vulnificus | <bacteria> A species capable of causing cutaneous lesions in an cirrhotic or immunocompromised patient; usually contracted from contaminated oysters; also a cause of wound infections, especially those associated with handling of shellfish. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Vibrio vulnificus protease | <enzyme> Forms haemorrhagic lesions and causes extensive dermonecrosis; enhances vascular permeability through histamine release and bradykinin generation by activation of the plasma kallikrein -kinin system; immediately inactivated by plasma protein Registry number: EC 3.4.24.- Synonym: vvp protease, vvp gene product (26 Jun 1999) |
| Nasik vibrio | An organism differing from the cholera vibrio, being shorter and stouter and less comma-shaped; its cultures are very toxic to laboratory animals on intravenous injections. (05 Mar 2000) |
| El Tor vibrio | A bacterium regarded as a biovar of vibrio cholerae. It was originally isolated from six pilgrims who died of dysentery or gangrene of the colon at the Tor quarantine station on the Sinai Peninsula. (05 Mar 2000) |