Vibrio fetusInfection in Man

VIBRIO fetus is an important cause of infectious abortion in cattle and sheep1 , 2: however, reports of human infection are rare. Since this infection was recently observed in 3 patients at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, it was thought worth while to describe these cases and to review the previous literature concerning V. fetus infection in man.Case ReportsCase 1. A 67-year-old Negro sheet-metalworker (J.H.H. 795641) was seen with thrombophlebitis, fever and cardiac arrhythmia in the Emergency Room of the Johns Hopkins Hospital on January 8, 1958. His health had been good until July, 1957, when he noted the onset . . .