How to Use vibrio in a Sentence

vibrio

noun

• When exposed to an open wound, vibrio can cause a skin infection.
  — CBS News, 4 July 2019
• About a 100 people a year die from vibrio infections, some within a day or two of becoming ill, the CDC said.
  — Leada Gore | [e-mail], NOLA.com, 3 June 2017
• Berquist rushed LeBlanc to a hospital an hour away in Baton Rouge where she was diagnosed with vibrio and put on antibiotics.
  — CBS News, 10 Jan. 2018
• The astonishing thing about that partnership is that the squid forms an alliance with just one species of bacterium, a thing called vibrio fischeri.
  — National Geographic, 4 Sep. 2016
• Funk told the news station Ocean City failed to share adequate warning about the bacteria, vibrio vunificus.
  — Fox News, 24 Oct. 2016
• For more information on how to reduce the risk of vibrio infection, visit www.alabamapublichealth.gov.
  — Lawrence Specker, AL.com, 14 Aug. 2017
• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that variations of vibrio can be found in brackish or salt water.
  — Natalie Dreier, ajc, 10 July 2018
• A: Vibrio infections begin to occur with increasing frequency as the water warms up along the coast during the late spring and summer.
  — Katie Hall, ajc, 5 Apr. 2017
• To make matters worse, vibrio can also be found other types of shellfish, potentially making your favorite raw-seafood happy hour a thing of the past.
  — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 23 Aug. 2016
• Even with oysters from colder northern waters, which are lower in vibrio, there are compelling reasons to consider grilling them in the summer.
  — New York Times, 21 June 2021
• King had contracted vibrio, a bacteria commonly found in warm, brackish water – a mix of salt and fresh water.
  — CBS News, 4 July 2019
• Despite the current concerns, wound infections with vibrio are not common and not contagious.
  — Frances Stead Sellers and Sabrina Malhi, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Oct. 2022
• Doctors say that people should be aware of the initial signs of contracting vibrio including feeling feverish or dizzy, or noticing that the wound is reddening and spreading.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 28 Oct. 2022
• Health officials in Escambia County, in the Panhandle, issued a warning in July about the risks of contracting vibrio.
  — Frances Stead Sellers and Sabrina Malhi, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Oct. 2022
• Four cases of vibriosis, which is linked to vibrio, have been reported in Mobile County, according to the county health department.
  — Howard Koplowitz | [e-mail], al, 27 July 2022
• Although doctors have seen some variation in vibrio infections from year to year, the general increase in cases is not surprising.
  — NBC News, 17 June 2019
• Vibrio are found naturally in brackish waters and can cause life-threatening illness.
  — Scott Dance, baltimoresun.com, 25 May 2017
• Although vibrio is found in many locations, in Florida the infections primarily are from oysters from the Gulf of Mexico.
  — Sun Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2022
• Different types of bacteria can cause it, but one — vibrio — is associated with the summertime seawater exposures that are in the news now.
  — Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 24 July 2019
• The risk of developing a life-threatening infection is very low, but people with cuts or open wounds should take caution when going in brackish, warm water where bacteria like vibrio are more common.
  — Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 2 Aug. 2019
• There are several vibrio species that infect humans, but the deadly kind, V. vulnificus, is usually contracted when an open wound comes into contact with coastal salt water.
  — NBC News, 17 June 2019
• A: Vibrio vulnificus is a small, curved bacteria that prefers salty environments with salinity similar to that of human beings.
  — Katie Hall, ajc, 5 Apr. 2017
• Having fished all his life, Pellegrin is well familiar with the dangers of vibrio vulnificus, a bacteria that thrives in salt water, particularly in warm-weather months.
  — Todd Masson, NOLA.com, 26 June 2017
• The spot doubled in size during his stay and was later identified as necrotizing fasciitis, which is a rare bacterial infection that spreads quickly and is caused by the presence of bacteria known as vibrio vulnificus.
  — Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com, 15 July 2019
• Doctors began treating him for vibrio necrotizing fasciitis with antibiotics, fluids and painkillers, according to the newspaper.
  — Jay R. Jordan, Houston Chronicle, 18 July 2019
• People with vibrio vulnificus may need intensive care or limb amputation.
  — Alex Stuckey, Houston Chronicle, 9 Jan. 2018
• The diagnosis was necrotizing fasciitis, which is a rare bacterial infection that spreads quickly and is caused by the presence of bacteria known as vibrio vulnificus, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  — Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com, 9 July 2019
• Wiygul said that the hospital conducted tests which confirmed that her father had in fact contracted vibrio vulnificus which manifested into necrotizing fasciitis.
  — Fox News, 13 July 2019
• Doctors told the woman’s family that she was infected with vibrio, a bacterial infection that people can contract after consuming raw or undercooked seafood or exposing a wound to seawater, according to the CDC.
  — Lindsay Kimble, PEOPLE.com, 5 June 2018
• Antibiotic resistant staph infections, a flesh-eating bacteria in the Gulf known as vibrio vulnificus, diarrheal disease from norovirus and other diseases and respiratory infections were just a few of the potential problems Hotez named.
  — Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2017

Last Updated: 27 Oct 2024