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Vibrio vulnificus (medicine)


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.