Health Care Provider Information on Vibrio parahaemolyticus Infection

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Required Disease Reporting
Clinical Features 
Treatment
Annual Summary Statistics

Required Disease Reporting

• Reporting Vibrio spp.
  All Vibrio ssp. infections, including V. parahaemolyticus infections, are reportable to the Minnesota Department of Health.
• Reporting Cholera
  Healthcare providers and clinical laboratories are required to report cases and suspect cases of Vibrio cholerae to the Minnesota Department of Health.
   
• Persons ill with Vibrio parahaemolyticus are subject to restriction on daycare attendance and food handling. 

Clinical Features

• Vibrio parahaemolyticus Infections
  CDC; Includes information about clinical features, transmission, trends, and more.

Treatment

• Treatment is not necessary in most cases of V. parahaemolyticus infection.
• There is no evidence that antibiotic treatment decreases the severity or the length of the illness.
• Patients should drink plenty of liquids to replace fluids lost through diarrhea.
• In severe or prolonged illnesses, antibiotics such as tetracycline, ampicillin or ciprofloxacin can be used.
  • The choice of antibiotics should be based on antimicrobial susceptibilities of the organism. 

Annual Summary Statistics

• Vibriosis: Annual Summary of Reportable Diseases
  The Minnesota Department of Health collects information on infectious diseases for the purposes of determining disease impact, assessing trends in disease occurrence, characterizing affected populations, prioritizing control efforts, and evaluating prevention strategies, and reports statistics annually.  Note: There are no listings for years in which there were no cases reported. The annual summary archives available on the web go back to 1997.

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