A New Vibrio Species, Vibrio cincinnatiensis, Causing Meningitis: Successful Treatment in an Adult

NON-CHOLERA vibrio infections have been associated with foreign travel, seawater exposure, and seafood inges-tion (1). The principal clinical manifestation of these in-fections is gastroenteritis. Non-cholera Vibrio species also may cause soft-tissue infections and septicemia, the latter most commonly in patients with underlying disease (2). Vibrio meningitis is rare. We report the first case of infec-tion caused by a new species of Vibrio manifested clini-cally as septicemia and meningitis in an immunocompe-tent adult who had not been exposed to seafood or salt-water. A 70-year-old man was admitted to the University of Cincin-nati Hospital with a 24-hour history of lethargy and confusion. He had no history of diarrhea, ingestion of seafood, contact with saltwater, or recent travel. Although the patient drank