Two Cases of Bacteriemia Caused by Nontoxigenic, Non-O1, Non-O139 Vibrio cholerae Isolates in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

The toxigenic bacterium Vibrio cholerae belonging to the O1 and O139 serogroups is commonly associated with epidemic diarrhea in tropical settings; other diseases caused by this environmental pathogen are seldom identified. Here we report two unassociated cases of nonfatal, nontoxigenic V. cholerae...

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Autores principales: Lan, Nguyen Phu Huong, Nga, Tran Vu Thieu, Yen, Nguyen Thi Thu, Dung, Le Thi, Tuyen, Ha Thanh, Campbell, James I., Whitehorn, Jamie, Thwaites, Guy, Chau, Nguyen Van Vinh, Baker, Stephen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2014
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4187776/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25122858
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01915-14
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Sumario:The toxigenic bacterium Vibrio cholerae belonging to the O1 and O139 serogroups is commonly associated with epidemic diarrhea in tropical settings; other diseases caused by this environmental pathogen are seldom identified. Here we report two unassociated cases of nonfatal, nontoxigenic V. cholerae non-O1, non-O139 bacteremia in patients with comorbidities in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, that occurred within a 4-week period.

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