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[Complications and treatment of cholera during pregnancy]
R Figueroa Damian1, R Villagrana Zesati, D Kasis Ariceaga
1Hospital de Infectología, Centro Médico La Raza, IMSS.
Since 1961 cholera has spread in many countries reaching a pandemic form. Since 1991 Mexico has been involved in this pandemia. Near 20% of all cases of cholera in our country happen in fertile women, so the possibility of the association between cholera and pregnancy is high. We present the case of a pregnant woman, who during her third trimester presented a episode of cholera, developing premature labor. Furthermore is revised the medical literature about the general principles of the management of cholera, and the association between pregnancy and the intestinal infection.
Since 1961 cholera has spread in many countries reaching a pandemic form. Since 1991 Mexico has been involved in this pandemia. Near 20% of all cases of cholera in our country happen in fertile women, so the possibility of the association between cholera and pregnancy is high. We present the case of a pregnant woman, who during her third trimester presented a episode of cholera, developing premature labor. Furthermore is revised the medical literature about the general principles of the management of cholera, and the association between pregnancy and the intestinal infection.