Vibrio cholerae non-O1 septicaemia in a patient with liver cirrhosis and Billroth-II-gastrectomy.
This report deals with the first diagnosed case of Vibrio cholerae non-O1 septicaemia in Austria. After a vacation in Tunisia, a 51-year-old male patient with liver cirrhosis and Billroth-II-gastrectomy was admitted to hospital because of abdominal pain, growing ascites, and jaundice. Four days later, the patient developed a single peak of high fever (39.6 degrees C). A blood culture was drawn and treatment with amoxycillin/clavulanic acid commenced. The blood culture yielded Gram-negative comma-like rods which were identified as V. cholerae non-O1.
Halabi
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Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Schwestern Ried/Innkreis.
Haditsch
M
M
Renner
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F
Brinninger
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G
Mittermayer
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H
D015746:Abdominal Pain; D001201:Ascites; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D005334:Fever; D005743:Gastrectomy; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014735:Vibrio Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D014734:Vibrio cholerae