Non-01 Vibrio cholerae gastroenteritis in New Hampshire: a case report.
Non-01 Vibrio cholerae gastroenteritis has been reported in the literature in association with foreign travel, or seafood ingestion, particularly raw shellfish harvested from warm-water climates. Non-01 V. cholerae gastroenteritis has not been reported before from New England. The case presented describes a previously healthy female who developed non-01 V. cholerae gastroenteritis approximately 26 hours after ingestion of raw cherrystone clams.
D000328:Adult; D049872:Bivalvia / Q000382:microbiology*; D002771:Cholera / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005516:Food Microbiology; D006801:Humans; D009513:New Hampshire; D014734:Vibrio cholerae / Q000302:isolation & purification