High Prevalence of Spirochetosis in Cholera Patients, Bangladesh

The microbes that accompany the etiologic agent of cholera, Vibrio cholerae, are only now being defined. In this study, spirochetes from the genus Brachyspira were identified at high titers in more than one third of cholera patients in Bangladesh. Spirochetosis should now be tracked in the setting o...

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Autores principales: Nelson, Eric J., Tanudra, Angela, Chowdhury, Ashrafuzzaman, Kane, Anne V., Qadri, Firdausi, Calderwood, Stephen B., Coburn, Jenifer, Camilli, Andrew
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2671413/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19331734
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1504.081214
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Sumario:The microbes that accompany the etiologic agent of cholera, Vibrio cholerae, are only now being defined. In this study, spirochetes from the genus Brachyspira were identified at high titers in more than one third of cholera patients in Bangladesh. Spirochetosis should now be tracked in the setting of cholera outbreaks.

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