Severe Diarrhea Caused by Cholera Toxin–ProducingVibrio choleraeSerogroup O75 Infections Acquired in the Southeastern United States | Zendy

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Severe Diarrhea Caused by Cholera Toxin–ProducingVibrio choleraeSerogroup O75 Infections Acquired in the Southeastern United States

Author(s) -

Melissa TobinD’Angelo,

Allison R. Smith,

Sandra N. Bulens,

Stepy Thomas,

Mary Hodel,

Hidemasa Izumiya,

Eiji Arakawa,

Masatomo Morita,

Haruo Watanabe,

Constance Marin,

Michele B. Parsons,

Kathy Greene,

Kara Cooper,

Danielle Haydel,

Cheryl A. Bopp,

Patricia Yu,

Eric Mintz

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/591973

Subject(s) - vibrio cholerae , cholera , diarrhea , vibrionaceae , microbiology and biotechnology , el tor , biology , vibrio infections , toxin , virology , veterinary medicine , medicine , bacteria , genetics

From 2003 through 2007, Vibrio cholerae serogroup O75 strains possessing the cholera toxin gene were isolated from 6 patients with severe diarrhea, including 3 in Georgia, 2 in Alabama, and 1 in South Carolina. These reports represent the first identification of V. cholerae O75 as a cause of illness in the United States. V. cholerae O75 was isolated from a water sample collected from a pond in Louisiana in 2004. Subsequently, 3 V. cholerae isolates from Louisiana (2 from patients with diarrhea in 2000 and 1 from a water sample collected in 1978) that had been previously reported as serogroup O141 were also discovered to be serogroup O75.

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