Septicemia due to Vibrio cholerae 0139 Bengal.
We describe septicemia due to Vibrio cholerae 0139 Bengal, the newly described causative agent of cholera, in a child who also had simultaneous intestinal infection with Shigella boydii. Because V. cholerae 0139 is capsulated, its propensity to cause extraintestinal infection is stressed.
Khan
A M
AM
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Albert
M J
MJ
Sarker
S A
SA
Bhattacharya
M K
MK
Azad
A K
AK
D016470:Bacteremia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D001459:Bangladesh; D002771:Cholera / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D004405:Dysentery, Bacillary / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000150:complications; D012761:Shigella boydii / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014734:Vibrio cholerae / Q000302:isolation & purification*