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Non-serogroup O:1 Vibrio cholerae bacteremia and cerebritis
C Suankratay1, K Phantumchinda, W Tachawiboonsak
1Divisions of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. schusana@hotmail.com
Abstract:
We describe a case of non-serogroup O:1 Vibrio cholerae bacteremia and cerebritis in a 41-year-old Thai man with alcoholism who presented with fever and cellulitis of the right ankle. He was successfully treated with parenteral cefotaxime and then was switched to treatment with oral ciprofloxacin.