Disease or Syndrome
vibrio infection
vib·ri·o in·fec·tion
Subclass of:
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections
Definitions related to vibrio infections:
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(vibriosis) Infection with bacteria of the genus Vibrio.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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Infections with bacteria of the genus VIBRIO.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Vibrio infections are largely classified into two distinct groups: Vibrio cholera infections and noncholera Vibrio infections. Historically, the noncholera Vibrio species are classified as halophilic or nonhalophilic, depending on their requirement of sodium chloride for growth.WebMD, 2019
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