The first isolation of Vibrio alginolyticus from samples which caused food poisoning
Ji, S.P.
Zhonghua Yu Fang Yi Xue Za Zhi 23(2): 71-73
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0253-9624 PMID: 2737046 Document Number: 333141
We report an event of food poisoning traced to eating salted shrimps. Vibrio alginolyticus was shown to be the causative agent through epidemiological investigations and etiological tests. Vibro alginolyticus can bring about human septicaemia and wound infection and it was found in the feces of patients with diarrhea, but no determination on its pathogenicity was done. From the samples of food which led to food poisoning. Vibrio alginolyticus was isolated, and for the first time it was determined as a pathogen of food poisoning.