Acute diarrhoea caused by Vibrio mimicus in Calcutta.
Out of 539 acute diarrhoea cases studied, Vibrio mimicus was isolated as a sole pathogen in the faeces of 7 (1.3%) cases. The chief clinical presentations of the seven cases were watery diarrhoea and vomiting. Bloody diarrhoea was observed in 2 (28.5%), abdominal pain in 2 (28.57%) and fever in one (14.29) cases. All cases could be effectively treated with ORS except 3 (42.85%) cases who required IV Ringer's lactate. All V. mimicus strains isolated in the study were uniformly susceptible to tetracycline, chloramphenicol, norfloxacin and ciprofloxacin.
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National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Calcutta.
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D014733:Vibrio / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014735:Vibrio Infections / Q000382:microbiology*