Arch Intern Med. 1991 Aug;151(8):1606-9.

Hemochromatosis, iron and septicemia caused by Vibrio vulnificus.

Bullen JJ, Spalding PB, Ward CG, Gutteridge JM.

Source

Department of Surgery, University of Miami, School of Medicine, FL 33101.

Abstract

Vibrio vulnificus is killed by normal human blood but grows rapidly in blood from patients with hemochromatosis. It also grows in normal blood if the saturation of the transferrin is increased or if hematin, which contains iron, is added. It is suggested that the increased availability of iron in the blood of patients with chronic iron overload is responsible for their enhanced susceptibility to infection with V vulnificus.

PMID:: 1872665; [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Publication Types, MeSH Terms, Substances

Publication Types

In Vitro

MeSH Terms

Substances

LinkOut - more resources

Full Text Sources

Other Literature Sources

COS Scholar Universe

Medical

Molecular Biology Databases

IRON - HSDB

Supplemental Content

Icon for Silverchair Information Systems

Save items

Related citations in PubMed

Review Hemochromatosis and Vibrio vulnificus wound infections. [J Clin Gastroenterol. 2009]
Review Hemochromatosis and Vibrio vulnificus wound infections.
Barton JC, Acton RT. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2009 Oct; 43(9):890-3.
Growth of Vibrio vulnificus in serum from alcoholics: association with high transferrin iron saturation. [J Infect Dis. 1991]
Growth of Vibrio vulnificus in serum from alcoholics: association with high transferrin iron saturation.
Brennt CE, Wright AC, Dutta SK, Morris JG Jr. J Infect Dis. 1991 Nov; 164(5):1030-2.
Review Hemochromatosis and infection: alcohol and iron, oysters and sepsis. [Am J Med. 1989]
Review Hemochromatosis and infection: alcohol and iron, oysters and sepsis.
Muench KH. Am J Med. 1989 Sep; 87(3N):40N-43N.
Oysters, iron overload and Vibrio vulnificus septicaemia. [Australas J Dermatol. 1990]
Oysters, iron overload and Vibrio vulnificus septicaemia.
Tefany FJ, Lee S, Shumack S. Australas J Dermatol. 1990; 31(1):27-31.
Survival of Vibrio vulnificus in whole blood from patients with chronic liver diseases: association with phagocytosis by neutrophils and serum ferritin levels. [J Infect Dis. 1999]
Survival of Vibrio vulnificus in whole blood from patients with chronic liver diseases: association with phagocytosis by neutrophils and serum ferritin levels.
Hor LI, Chang TT, Wang ST. J Infect Dis. 1999 Jan; 179(1):275-8.

See reviews... See all...

Cited by 26 PubMed Central articles

Does Vibrio vulnificus present a health threat to Canadians? [Can J Infect Dis. 1997]
Does Vibrio vulnificus present a health threat to Canadians?
Stavric S, Buchanan B. Can J Infect Dis. 1997 Sep; 8(5):279-85.
Host iron withholding demands siderophore utilization for Candida glabrata to survive macrophage killing. [PLoS Pathog. 2011]
Host iron withholding demands siderophore utilization for Candida glabrata to survive macrophage killing.
Nevitt T, Thiele DJ. PLoS Pathog. 2011 Mar; 7(3):e1001322. Epub 2011 Mar 17.
Tumor necrosis factor-α and mortality in patients infected with Vibrio vulnificus. [Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011]
Tumor necrosis factor-α and mortality in patients infected with Vibrio vulnificus.
Lee JY, Kim DM, Yun NR, Neupane GP, Jung SI, Park KH, Jang HC, Lee CS, Lee SH. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011 Mar; 84(3):426-8.

See all...

Related information

Related Citations
Calculated set of PubMed citations closely related to the selected article(s) retrieved using a word weight algorithm. Related articles are displayed in ranked order from most to least relevant, with the “linked from” citation displayed first.
Compound (MeSH Keyword)
PubChem chemical compound records that are classified under the same Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) controlled vocabulary as the current articles.
Gene (OMIM)
Gene records associated with Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) records that cite the current articles in their reference lists.
Nucleotide (Weighted)
Nucleotide records associated with the current articles through the Gene database. These are the related sequences on the Gene record that are added manually by NCBI.
OMIM (calculated)
Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) records that include the current articles as references in the light bulb links within or in the citations at the end of the OMIM record. The references available through the light bulb link are collected using the PubMed related articles algorithm to identify records with similar terminology to the OMIM record.
OMIM (cited)
Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) records that include the current articles as reference cited at the end of the OMIM record.
Protein (Weighted)
Protein records associated with the current articles through related Gene database records. These are the related sequences on the Gene record that are added manually by NCBI.
Substance (MeSH Keyword)
PubChem chemical substance (submitted) records that are classified under the same Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) controlled vocabulary as the current articles.
Cited in PMC
Full-text articles in the PubMed Central Database that cite the current articles.

Recent activity

Clear Turn Off Turn On

Hemochromatosis, iron and septicemia caused by Vibrio vulnificus.
Hemochromatosis, iron and septicemia caused by Vibrio vulnificus.
Arch Intern Med. 1991 Aug ;151(8):1606-9.

PubMed
Lower extremity myogenic potentials evoked by acoustic stimuli in healthy adults...
Lower extremity myogenic potentials evoked by acoustic stimuli in healthy adults.
Otol Neurotol. 2008 Aug ;29(5):688-92.

PubMed
Anterior thoracoscopic instrumentation in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a sys...
Anterior thoracoscopic instrumentation in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a systematic review.
Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2008 Aug 15 ;33(18):1986-94.

PubMed
Investigation and characterization of the duct cell-enriching process during ser...
Investigation and characterization of the duct cell-enriching process during serum-free suspension and monolayer culture using the human exocrine pancreas fraction.
Pancreas. 2009 Jan ;38(1):36-48.

PubMed
Mental disorders among adolescents in juvenile detention and correctional facili...
Mental disorders among adolescents in juvenile detention and correctional facilities: a systematic review and metaregression analysis of 25 surveys.
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2008 Sep ;47(9):1010-9.

PubMed

Your browsing activity is empty.

Activity recording is turned off.

Turn recording back on

PubMed

Result Filters

Display Settings:

Send to: