Wound infection with Vibrio harveyi following a traumatic leg amputation after a motorboat propeller injury in Mallorca, Spain: a case report and review of literature

Table 1 Vibrio spp. that cause, or are associated with, human infections (modified from [1])

Species	Occurrence in clinical specimens
Species	Intestinal	Extraintestinal
V. alginolyticus	–	++
V. cholerae
O1/O139	++++	+
non-O1/O139	++	++
V. cincinnatiensis	–	+
V. damsela	–	+
V. fluvialis	++	–
V. furnissii	++	–
V. harveyi	–	+
V. hollisae	++	–
V. metschnikovii	+	+
V. mimicus	++	+
V. parahaemolyticus	++++	+
V. vulnificus	+	+++

The symbols +, ++, +++ and ++++ give the relative frequency of each organism in the specimens; −, not found

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