<i>Vibrio metschnikovii</i> M1 isolated from a chronic venous leg ulcer from Montevideo, Uruguay and a mini-review of human cases from Latin America

We report a leg ulcer infection caused by <i>Vibrio metschnikovii</i> in a patient with chronic venous leg ulcers in Montevideo, Uruguay. Shotgun MS/MS combined with long-read whole-genome sequencing confirmed species assignment to <i>V. metschnikovii</i>. In addition, we incorporate a mini-review of the previous reported cases in Latin America.