Vibrio cholerae 01 isolated in the gallbladder of a patient presenting with cholecystitis.
Cholera is a topical infection of the intestinal tract and rarely causes extraintestinal disease. The gallbladder has been proposed to be the reservoir of this organism. We present a patient from Bolivia who developed symptoms of acute cholecystitis and whose bile culture grew Vibrio cholerae 01 El tor.
Asnis
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Department of Internal Medicine, Flushing Hospital Medical Center, New York, USA.
Golub
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Bresciani
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000382:microbiology*; D001646:Bile / Q000382:microbiology; D001838:Bolivia / Q000208:ethnology; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D002771:Cholera / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000382:microbiology*; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009518:New York / Q000453:epidemiology; D014734:Vibrio cholerae / Q000302:isolation & purification*