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Article: Three cases of bacteremia caused by Vibrio cholerae O1 in Blantyre, Malawi. (Dispatches).
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- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Article date:
- November 1, 2001
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We report three fatal cases of bacteremia (two adults, one neonate) caused by Vibrio cholerae O1 (Ogawa), which occurred in the context of a community outbreak of cholera diarrhea in Blantyre, Malawi. Only four cases of invasive disease caused by V. cholerae O1 have previously been reported. We describe the clinical features associated with these rare cases and discuss their significance.
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Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139, the causative agents of cholera, are morphologically and biochemically identical to the other non-O1 V. cholerae, but antigenically, epidemiologically, and clinically distinct. Non-O1 V. cholerae can cause small outbreaks of ...