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