title: Vibrio cholerae non-O1, non-O139 bacteraemia associated with pneumonia, Italy 2016.
abstract: This paper describes an elderly male patient, living in the Veneto Region, Italy, who developed Vibrio cholerae bacteraemia and pneumonia. Some days previously, while on holiday in the Lagoon of Venice, he had been collecting clams in seawater, during which he suffered small abrasions of the skin. On admission to hospital, he was confused, had fever and a cough, but neither diarrhoea nor signs of gastroenteritis were found. Both blood and stool cultures grew V. cholerae of non-O1 non-O-139 type, and the patient recovered after prompt administration of intravenous ceftriaxone for 2 weeks. This clinical case emphasises the role of global warming and climate changes in causing increasing numbers of water-borne infections.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Azienda Ospedaliera and University of Padova, Padua, Italy. serena.marinello@sanita.padova.it.
authors.forename: Serena
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8255-6763
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marinello
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Azienda Ospedaliera and University of Padova, Padua, Italy.
authors.forename: Giulia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Marini
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital of Piove di Sacco, Padua, Italy.
authors.forename: Giancarlo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Parisi
authors.affiliation: Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Azienda Ospedaliera and University of Padova, Padua, Italy.
authors.forename: Lorena
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gottardello
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Azienda Ospedaliera and University of Padova, Padua, Italy.
authors.forename: Lucia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Azienda Ospedaliera and University of Padova, Padua, Italy.
authors.forename: Valeria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Besutti
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Azienda Ospedaliera and University of Padova, Padua, Italy.
authors.forename: Anna Maria
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Cattelan
mesh_terms: D061605:Administration, Intravenous; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology; D002443:Ceftriaxone / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D014735:Vibrio Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D044163:Vibrio cholerae non-O1 / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002443:Ceftriaxone
keywords: Food borne infections; Pneumonia; Vibrio infection