Three cases of bacteremia caused by Vibrio cholerae O1 in Blantyre, Malawi.

We report three fatal cases of bacteremia (two adults, one neonate) caused by Vibrio cholerae O1 (Ogawa), which occurred in the context of a community outbreak of cholera diarrhea in Blantyre, Malawi. Only four cases of invasive disease caused by V. cholerae O1 have previously been reported. We desc...

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Autores principales: Gordon, M A, Walsh, A L, Rogerson, S R, Magomero, K C, Machili, C E, Corkill, J E, Hart, C A
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2001
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2631908/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11747744
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author Gordon, M A
Walsh, A L
Rogerson, S R
Magomero, K C
Machili, C E
Corkill, J E
Hart, C A
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Walsh, A L
Rogerson, S R
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description We report three fatal cases of bacteremia (two adults, one neonate) caused by Vibrio cholerae O1 (Ogawa), which occurred in the context of a community outbreak of cholera diarrhea in Blantyre, Malawi. Only four cases of invasive disease caused by V. cholerae O1 have previously been reported. We describe the clinical features associated with these rare cases and discuss their significance.
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spelling pubmed-26319082009-05-20 Three cases of bacteremia caused by Vibrio cholerae O1 in Blantyre, Malawi. Gordon, M A Walsh, A L Rogerson, S R Magomero, K C Machili, C E Corkill, J E Hart, C A Emerg Infect Dis Research Article We report three fatal cases of bacteremia (two adults, one neonate) caused by Vibrio cholerae O1 (Ogawa), which occurred in the context of a community outbreak of cholera diarrhea in Blantyre, Malawi. Only four cases of invasive disease caused by V. cholerae O1 have previously been reported. We describe the clinical features associated with these rare cases and discuss their significance. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2001 /pmc/articles/PMC2631908/ /pubmed/11747744 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Gordon, M A
Walsh, A L
Rogerson, S R
Magomero, K C
Machili, C E
Corkill, J E
Hart, C A
Three cases of bacteremia caused by Vibrio cholerae O1 in Blantyre, Malawi.
title Three cases of bacteremia caused by Vibrio cholerae O1 in Blantyre, Malawi.
title_full Three cases of bacteremia caused by Vibrio cholerae O1 in Blantyre, Malawi.
title_fullStr Three cases of bacteremia caused by Vibrio cholerae O1 in Blantyre, Malawi.
title_full_unstemmed Three cases of bacteremia caused by Vibrio cholerae O1 in Blantyre, Malawi.
title_short Three cases of bacteremia caused by Vibrio cholerae O1 in Blantyre, Malawi.
title_sort three cases of bacteremia caused by vibrio cholerae o1 in blantyre, malawi.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2631908/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11747744
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