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New sepsis study results reported from Kyung-Hee University, Medical Department

Published in Pain and Central Nervous System Week, June 16th, 2008

According to a study from Seoul, South Korea, "We describe a case of septic shock due to Vibrio alginolyticus presenting with fever and bilateral leg pain."

"Despite intensive management with antibiotics and inotropic agents, the patient died from septic shock I day after hospitalization. V. alginolyticus was isolated from both leg wounds and a blood culture," wrote D.Y. Lee and colleagues, Kyung-Hee University, Medical Department.

The researchers concluded: "To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of V alginolyticus bacteremia in Korea."

Lee and colleagues published the results of their research in Yonsei...

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