The Trend of <i>Vibrio parahaemolyticus</i> Infections in Southern Thailand from 2006 to 2010

The bacterium, <i>Vibrio parahaemolyticus</i> was isolated from 776 patients at Hat Yai Hospital in Southern Thailand from 2006 to 2010. 51.3–73.6% of the isolates were <i>tdh</i>⁺ <i>trh</i>⁻ and Group-specific PCR positive pandemic strains. A comparison of the number of <i>V. parahaemolyticus</i> isolates in this study and that from the same hospital in 2000–2005 indicates that this region of Thailand<i> </i>is endemic for <i>V. parahaemolyticus</i>.