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Published on: May 30, 2017
Non-toxigenic Vibrio cholerae non-O1/non-O139 pseudo-bacteraemia in a neonate: A case report
Wentzel B Dowling1,2, Mené Van der Westhuyzen1,2, Michele Haumann3
1Division of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.
Abstract:
Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1/O139 is causative of cholera, which is a well characterised potentially epidemic gastrointestinal disease. Less is known about the pathogenesis and clinical presentation of non-toxigenic V. cholerae non-O1/non-O139, although they are increasingly implicated in human disease globally, have been isolated from various South African water sources and can contaminate the environment. The authors describe a case of pseudo-bacteraemia with non-toxigenic V. cholerae non-O1/non-O139 in a neonate.
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