Table 1 Vibrio species, mortality and gender distribution; United States cases during 1990 to 2010 (N = 8056)
From: Antibiotic use for Vibrio infections: important insights from surveillance data
Vibrio species | Total n (%) | Mortality n (%) | Male n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
V. parahaemolyticus | 3474 (43.1) | 29 (0.8) | 2243 (66.1) |
V. vulnificus | 1599 (19.8) | 491 (30.7) | 1367 (86.4) |
V. alginolyticus | 874 (10.8) | 11 (1.3) | 589 (69.1) |
V. cholerae non-O1, non-O139 | 763 (9.5) | 41 (5.4) | 474 (62.9) |
V. fluvialis | 445 (5.5) | 13 (2.9) | 243 (56.0) |
V. cholerae O1 | 269 (3.3) | 4 (1.5) | 137 (51.1) |
V. mimicus | 211 (2.6) | 5 (2.4) | 116 (55.0) |
V. hollisae a | 131 (1.6) | 1 (0.8) | 79 (61.2) |
P. damsela b | 63 (0.8) | 3 (4.8) | 45 (71.4) |
V. cholerae O139 | 28 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) | 15 (57.7) |
V. furnissii | 19 (0.2) | 1 (5.3) | 13 (76.5) |
V. metschnikovii | 14 (0.2) | 1 (7.1) | 7 (53.8) |
V. cincinnatiensis | 2 (<0.1) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (50.0) |
Species not identified | 279 (3.5) | 9 (3.2) | 169 (61.7) |
Other, no further information | 28 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) | 16 (64.0) |
Total | n/a | 602 (7.5) | 5424 (67.3) |