title: Fatal non-O1, non-O139 Vibrio cholerae septicaemia in a patient with chronic liver disease.
abstract: A 49-year-old male with underlying liver disease presented with fever and signs of sepsis. Non-O1/non-O139 Vibrio cholerae was isolated from his blood culture, which was positive for the hlyA and toxR genes. We report this fatal case of non-O1/non-O139 V. cholera sepsis and review the literature on non-O1/non-O139 V. cholerae sepsis in patients with chronic liver disease.
authors: Department of Microbiology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Ponekara, Kochi-682041, Kerala, India.
authors: Sadia
authors: S
authors: Khan
authors: Department of Microbiology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Ponekara, Kochi-682041, Kerala, India.
authors: Anil
authors: A
authors: Kumar
authors: Cholera and Environmental Biology Laboratory, Dept of Molecular Microbiology Rajiv Gandhi Center for Biotechnology Trivandrum, Kerala, India.
authors: Divya
authors: D
authors: Meparambu
authors: Cholera and Environmental Biology Laboratory, Dept of Molecular Microbiology Rajiv Gandhi Center for Biotechnology Trivandrum, Kerala, India.
authors: Sabu
authors: S
authors: Thomas
authors: Department of Microbiology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Ponekara, Kochi-682041, Kerala, India.
authors: Deepa
authors: D
authors: Harichandran
authors: Department of Microbiology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Ponekara, Kochi-682041, Kerala, India.
authors: Shamsul
authors: S
authors: Karim
mesh_terms: D002771:Cholera / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D044163:Vibrio cholerae non-O1 / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*
chemical_list: D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S