Crtical Care and Shock Journal

Consumption of Raw Oysters and Vibrio Vulnificus Sepsis

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We present the case and images of a 52 year-old Hispanic gentleman with a history of hepatitis C and chronic liver disease that developed Vibrio vulnificus sepsis secondary to eating raw oysters. His course was complicated by necrotizing fasciitis in the upper extremities and renal failure

Salim Surani, Barbara Estment, Brenda Parrish, Joseph Varon

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