title: Acute diarrhoea caused by Vibrio mimicus in Calcutta.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Calcutta.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Mitra
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: De
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dutta
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dutta
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rasaily
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Banerjee
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nag
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Chowdhury
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
mesh_terms: 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*