Fatal non-O1, non-O139 Vibrio cholerae septicaemia in a patient with chronic liver disease

J Med Microbiol. 2013 Jun;62(Pt 6):917-921. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.049296-0. Epub 2013 Feb 28.

Abstract

A 49-year-old male with underlying liver disease presented with fever and signs of sepsis. Non-O1/non-O139 Vibrio cholerae was isolated from his blood culture, which was positive for the hlyA and toxR genes. We report this fatal case of non-O1/non-O139 V. cholera sepsis and review the literature on non-O1/non-O139 V. cholerae sepsis in patients with chronic liver disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cholera / complications*
  • Cholera / microbiology
  • Chronic Disease
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Liver Diseases / complications*
  • Liver Diseases / microbiology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
  • Sepsis / complications*
  • Sepsis / microbiology
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Vibrio cholerae non-O1 / classification
  • Vibrio cholerae non-O1 / genetics
  • Vibrio cholerae non-O1 / isolation & purification
  • Vibrio cholerae non-O1 / pathogenicity*

Substances

  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S

Associated data

  • GENBANK/JX987303