title: Vibrio cholerae O139 in Calcutta.
abstract: Vibrio cholerae O139 was recovered from 28 of 79 children with acute watery diarrhoea. Clinically, they presented with watery diarrhoea (100%), vomiting (79%), abdominal cramps (61%), anorexia (61%), dehydration (100%), and absence of fever. Both clinical and blood biochemical parameters of these cases were similar to the illness caused by the new strain in adults. Hypoglycaemia was seen in 40% of those screened.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Calcutta, India.
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dutta
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Garg
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Mukhopadhyay
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Deb
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moitra
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Nair
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002771:Cholera / Q000382:microbiology*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D014734:Vibrio cholerae / Q000302:isolation & purification