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[Source: Eurosurveillance, full text: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]
Eurosurveillance, Volume 16, Issue 42, 20 October 2011
Rapid communications
Vibrio alginolyticus-associated wound infection acquired in British waters, Guernsey, July 2011
G D Reilly<SUP>1</SUP>, C A Reilly<SUP>2</SUP>, E G Smith<SUP>3</SUP>, C Baker-Austin (
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Citation style for this article: Reilly GD, Reilly CA, Smith EG, Baker-Austin C. Vibrio alginolyticus-associated wound infection acquired in British waters, Guernsey, July 2011. Euro Surveill. 2011;16(42)
ii=19994. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19994
Date of submission: 18 October 2011 <HR>In July 2011, a Vibrio alginolyticus infection was diagnosed in a woman from Guernsey in the Channel Islands, British Isles after sea bathing and application of a natural seaweed dressing to a pre-existing leg wound. Microbiological investigation confirmed Vibrio in the wound and the species of seaweed used for the dressing. The washing of open wounds in seawater and use of unsterilised seaweed dressings should be discouraged, particularly in individuals with underlying risk conditions.
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Eurosurveillance, Volume 16, Issue 42, 20 October 2011
Rapid communications
Vibrio alginolyticus-associated wound infection acquired in British waters, Guernsey, July 2011
G D Reilly<SUP>1</SUP>, C A Reilly<SUP>2</SUP>, E G Smith<SUP>3</SUP>, C Baker-Austin (
- Department of Dermatology, Princess Elizabeth Hospital, Guernsey
- Barts and The London Medical School, London, United Kingdom
- Health Protection Agency, Public Health Laboratory, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
- Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Weymouth, Dorset, United Kingdom
Citation style for this article: Reilly GD, Reilly CA, Smith EG, Baker-Austin C. Vibrio alginolyticus-associated wound infection acquired in British waters, Guernsey, July 2011. Euro Surveill. 2011;16(42)
ii=19994. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19994 Date of submission: 18 October 2011 <HR>In July 2011, a Vibrio alginolyticus infection was diagnosed in a woman from Guernsey in the Channel Islands, British Isles after sea bathing and application of a natural seaweed dressing to a pre-existing leg wound. Microbiological investigation confirmed Vibrio in the wound and the species of seaweed used for the dressing. The washing of open wounds in seawater and use of unsterilised seaweed dressings should be discouraged, particularly in individuals with underlying risk conditions.