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Sebastien Laurens1, Nathalie Wilhelm2, Frédéric Février2
1Laboratory Medicine Department, GCS Ingres Quercy, Centre Hospitalier de Montauban, 100 rue Léon Cladel, Montauban 82000, France; Toulouse University III, University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France.
Objectives:
Vibrio cholerae non-O1/non-O139 (NOVC) bacteremia is infrequently reported in Western countries and is associated with unfavorable outcome.
Patient/Method:
We describe here the case of a diabetic patient with hepatic cytolysis and NOVC bacteremia following an episode of diarrhea.
Result:
The patient was paucisymptomatic and had a favorable resolution with oral ciprofloxacin.
Conclusion:
NOVC should be systematically sought in stool samples, particularly in immunocompromised patients, due to an increased risk of infection occurrence.
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