Vibrio vulnificus septicaemia.

A patient, who had been receiving treatment for refractory anaemia with excess of myeloblasts for three years, developed septic shock due to Vibrio vulnificus septicaemia. The infection was believed to have been introduced with the ingestion of raw oysters. This organism is comparatively rare, but it can cause serious infection, and is known to be capable of very rapid tissue invasion.