Pulmonary cholera due to infection with a non-O1 Vibrio cholerae strain

Jack D Shannon; Robert C Kimbrough 3rd

doi:10.1128/JCM.02343-05

Pulmonary cholera due to infection with a non-O1 Vibrio cholerae strain

J Clin Microbiol. 2006 Sep;44(9):3459-60. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02343-05.

Authors

Jack D Shannon¹, Robert C Kimbrough 3rd

Affiliation

¹ Department of Anesthesia, Division of Infectious Disease, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, Lubbock, 79430, USA. [email protected]

Abstract

We present 2 cases of primary pulmonary non-O1 Vibrio cholerae infection. We believe that these are the first documented cases of primary pulmonary infection due to this organism from a freshwater source.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Cholera / microbiology*
Female
Fresh Water / microbiology
Humans
Male
New Mexico
Pneumonia, Bacterial / microbiology*
Texas
Vibrio cholerae non-O1 / isolation & purification*