title: Vibrio cholerae non-O1 septicaemia in a patient with liver cirrhosis and Billroth-II-gastrectomy.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Schwestern Ried/Innkreis.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Halabi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haditsch
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Renner
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Brinninger
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mittermayer
mesh_terms: 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