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Why is vibrio vulnificus so bad for people with liver disease?
🤯The answer could blow your mind!🤯
Join me for a #tweetorial:
Act 1: Epi of v. vulnificus: What’s the deal with oysters?!
Act 2: Mechanism
#cirrhosis #livertwitter #idtwitter
Why is vibrio vulnificus so bad for people with liver disease?
🤯The answer could blow your mind!🤯
Join me for a #tweetorial:
Act 1: Epi of v. vulnificus: What’s the deal with oysters?!
Act 2: Mechanism
#cirrhosis #livertwitter #idtwitter
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First, a poll:
what is it about liver disease that makes vibrio vulnificus so bad for people with liver disease?
First, a poll:
what is it about liver disease that makes vibrio vulnificus so bad for people with liver disease?
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Who is Vibrio vulnificus?
1⃣Halophile=Needs salt 2 live. i.e. lives in sea
2⃣Makes a 'chitinase', embeds in mollusks
Infections caused:
3⃣Open wound in sea water: cellulitis
4⃣Raw oysters: deadly bacteremia
Epi:
5⃣Fortunately Rare. 0.8 infections/100000ppl
Who is Vibrio vulnificus?
1⃣Halophile=Needs salt 2 live. i.e. lives in sea
2⃣Makes a 'chitinase', embeds in mollusks
Infections caused:
3⃣Open wound in sea water: cellulitis
4⃣Raw oysters: deadly bacteremia
Epi:
5⃣Fortunately Rare. 0.8 infections/100000ppl
