Vibrio cholerae non-O1 septicaemia in a patient with liver cirrhosis and Billroth-II-gastrectomy - 11/09/11
Doi : 10.1016/S0163-4453(97)80016-3
M. Halabi 1, ⁎, M. Haditsch 2, F. Renner 3, G. Brinninger 1, H. Mittermayer 2
1 Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Schwestern Ried/Innkreis, Schloβberg 1, A-4910 Ried/Innkreis, Austria
2 Department of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Krankenhaus der Elisabethinen Linz, Fadingerstraβe 1, A-4020 Linz, Austria
3 Department of Internal Medicine, Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Schwestern Ried/Innkreis, Schloβberg 1, A-4910 Ried/Innkreis, Austria
*Address correspondence to: Dr M. Halabi, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Krankenhaus Ried im Innkreis, Schloβberg 1, A-4910 Ried/Innkreis, Austria.
Abstract |
This report deals with the first diagnosed case of Vibrio cholerae non-O1 septicaemia in Austria. After a vacation in Tunisia, a 51-year-old male patient with liver cirrhosis and Billroth-II-gastrectomy was admitted to hospital because of abdominal pain, growing ascites, and jaundice. Four days later, the patient developed a single peak of high fever (39.6°C). A blood culture was drawn and treatment with amoxycillin/clavulanic acid commenced. The blood culture yielded Gram-negative comma-like rods which were identified as V. cholerae non-O1.
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Publié par Elsevier Masson SAS.
Vol 34 - N° 1
P. 83-84 - janvier 1997 Retour au numéro
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