A cholera-like illness in a traveller due to a mixed infection with enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli, Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
A healthy 67-year-old male traveller developed a cholera-like disease after returning from a five-week stay in Pakistan and India. In addition to Vibrio parahaemolyticus and large numbers of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, two strains of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli were isolated from a single stool specimen.
D000368:Aged; D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000150:complications*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000150:complications*; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014735:Vibrio Infections / Q000150:complications*; D014736:Vibrio parahaemolyticus / Q000302:isolation & purification
D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D004768:Enterotoxins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; C034151:heat stable toxin (E coli); C027538:heat-labile enterotoxin, E coli