Vibrio parahaemolyticus: A Rare Cause of Chronic Diarrhea in a Heart Transplant Patient

Vibrio parahaemolyticus usually causes a self-limiting acute diarrheal illness, and is rarely tested for in cases of chronic diarrhea. We present a rare case of chronic diarrhea caused by V. parahaemolyticus in a heart transplant patient requiring antibiotic treatment.

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Autores principales: Shuja, Asim, Dickstein, Aaron, Lee, Hannah M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American College of Gastroenterology 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4435323/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26157876
http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.2014.52
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spelling pubmed-44353232015-07-08 Vibrio parahaemolyticus: A Rare Cause of Chronic Diarrhea in a Heart Transplant Patient Shuja, Asim Dickstein, Aaron Lee, Hannah M. ACG Case Rep J Case Report Vibrio parahaemolyticus usually causes a self-limiting acute diarrheal illness, and is rarely tested for in cases of chronic diarrhea. We present a rare case of chronic diarrhea caused by V. parahaemolyticus in a heart transplant patient requiring antibiotic treatment. American College of Gastroenterology 2014-07-08 /pmc/articles/PMC4435323/ /pubmed/26157876 http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.2014.52 Text en Copyright © Shuja et al. This is an open-access article. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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Vibrio parahaemolyticus: A Rare Cause of Chronic Diarrhea in a Heart Transplant Patient
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title_full Vibrio parahaemolyticus: A Rare Cause of Chronic Diarrhea in a Heart Transplant Patient
title_fullStr Vibrio parahaemolyticus: A Rare Cause of Chronic Diarrhea in a Heart Transplant Patient
title_full_unstemmed Vibrio parahaemolyticus: A Rare Cause of Chronic Diarrhea in a Heart Transplant Patient
title_short Vibrio parahaemolyticus: A Rare Cause of Chronic Diarrhea in a Heart Transplant Patient
title_sort vibrio parahaemolyticus: a rare cause of chronic diarrhea in a heart transplant patient
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4435323/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26157876
http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.2014.52
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