[The first report of traveler's diarrhea associated with a newly described toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O139 strain in Japan].
A newly described Vibrio cholerae O139 was isolated from a patient who had traveled in India on April 1993. The patient experienced 5 to 6 watery diarrhea per day after he returned to Japan. The isolated strain registered as K111 did not agglutinate with O1-O138 antiserum and agglutinated with O139 antiserum. This strain resembled V. cholerae O1 strain in biochemical characters and had ctx and zot, although was resistant to the vibrio static agent O/129. This is the first report of cholera-like illness by the newly described toxigenic V. cholerae O139 strain in Japan.
Kurazono
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T
Saitama Institute of Public Health.
Yamada
F
F
Yamaguchi
M
M
Ohzeki
Y
Y
Okuyama
Y
Y
Itoh
K
K
Shimada
T
T
D001483:Base Sequence; D002772:Cholera Toxin / Q000032:analysis; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012703:Serotyping; D014195:Travel; D014734:Vibrio cholerae / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D002772:Cholera Toxin