Fulminating systemic infection caused by Vibrio cholerae species which does not agglutinate with 0-1 V. cholerae antiserum.
A case of fatal septicaemia caused by Vibrio cholerae which did not agglutinate with 0 group 1 V. cholerae antiserum is presented. The illness occurred in a 64-year-old Aboriginal woman from Aurukun Mission in Cape York. The organism was isolated from multiple blood cultures and urine during life, and froma a large hepatic abscess found post mortem. The pathogenicity and epidemiology of the organism is discussed.
D000371:Agglutination; D002771:Cholera / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007106:Immune Sera / Q000276:immunology; D008875:Middle Aged; D018805:Sepsis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D014734:Vibrio cholerae / Q000276:immunology / Q000472:pathogenicity
D007106:Immune Sera