A Fatal Case of Bacteremia Caused by Vibrio cholerae Non-O1/O139

• Published in: Infection & chemotherapy Vol. 53; no. 2; pp. 384 - 390
• Main Authors: Hwang, Soyoon, Kim, Yoonjung, Jung, Hyejin, Chang, Hyun-Ha, Kim, Su-Jeong, Park, Han-Ki, Lee, Jong-Myung, Kim, Hye-In, Kim, Shin-Woo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Korea (South) The Korean Society of Infectious Diseases; Korean Society for Antimicrobial Therapy; The Korean Society for AIDS 01.06.2021; 대한감염학회
• Subjects: Case Report; 내과학; Septic shock; Non-O1/O139; Vibrio cholerae
• ISSN: 2093-2340; 2092-6448
• DOI: 10.3947/ic.2020.0301

is a pathogen known to cause the waterborne epidemic disease cholera. Overall, O1 or O139 strains produce the cholera toxin that cause gastroenteritis, resulting in watery diarrhea. Most of the enterocolitis caused by can be easily treated with fluid therapy and conservative care. However, non-O1/O139 strains can cause extraintestinal infections, such as wound infection or sepsis, in immunocompromised patients. The clinical course of these infections is very similar to that of infection. We report about a 52-year-old man without previous underlying disease who was diagnosed with non-O1/O139 infection and died within 72 hours after admission to the intensive care unit.