Unusual non-serogroup O1 Vibrio cholerae bacteremia associated with liver disease.
A 50-year-old woman and a 31-year-old man with underlying liver disease presented with fever and signs of liver failure. The blood cultures in both cases yielded non-serogroup O1 Vibrio cholerae strains which were biochemically identical except that one strain was nonmotile. Despite treatment with antibiotics, the older patient died; the other patient survived. Both strains were found to be susceptible to most antibiotics tested in vitro. No apparent source of infection could be identified in either case.
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Department of Laboratories, Al-Adan Hospital, Fahaheel, Kuwait.
Ghafoor
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Nasralah
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications*; D014735:Vibrio Infections / Q000150:complications*; D014734:Vibrio cholerae / Q000302:isolation & purification