[Septicemia caused by Vibrio cholerae non-01 in immunocompromised patient].
We describe the remarkable case of a patient with septicemia caused by Non 0-1 Vibrio Cholerae associated with skin lesion of the lower and upper extremities. This patient suffered from chronic liver disease and a cervix carcinoma in IIIB stage, she had been admitted to the hospital the day before for dicompensated ascites. She received intravenous cefotaxime and had a satisfactory recovery and was completely free of signs and symptoms. We report its epidemiological discovery in inland freshwater and this is the first announced case in Spain with this confirmed environmental isolation and a rare report case in the literature.
Calduch Broseta
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JV
Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital General de Elda, Alicante. JVCAL_06@terra.es
Segarra Soria
M M
MM
Colomina Avilés
J
J
Llorca Ferrandiz
C
C
Pascual Pérez
R
R
D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D002439:Cefotaxime / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002771:Cholera / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D014734:Vibrio cholerae / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002439:Cefotaxime