Two cases of bacteriemia caused by nontoxigenic, non-O1, non-O139 Vibrio cholerae isolates in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Oct;52(10):3819-21. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01915-14. Epub 2014 Aug 13.

Abstract

The toxigenic bacterium Vibrio cholerae belonging to the O1 and O139 serogroups is commonly associated with epidemic diarrhea in tropical settings; other diseases caused by this environmental pathogen are seldom identified. Here we report two unassociated cases of nonfatal, nontoxigenic V. cholerae non-O1, non-O139 bacteremia in patients with comorbidities in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, that occurred within a 4-week period.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Bacteremia / diagnosis*
  • Bacteremia / microbiology*
  • Bacteremia / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Vibrio Infections / diagnosis*
  • Vibrio Infections / microbiology*
  • Vibrio Infections / pathology
  • Vibrio cholerae non-O1 / isolation & purification*
  • Vietnam