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Vibrio cholerae O1 (serovar inaba) as a cause of fatal bacteremia in a patient with relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Author(s) -
Pooja Thakkar,
Sameer Tulpule,
S. Shah,
Tanu Singhal,
Urvi Patel
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
indian journal of microbiology research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2394-5478
pISSN - 2394-546X
DOI - 10.18231/j.ijmr.2022.013
Subject(s) - bacteremia , vibrio cholerae , lymphoblastic leukemia , serotype , medicine , chemotherapy , leukemia , microbiology and biotechnology , immunology , biology , antibiotics , bacteria , genetics
O1 is an uncommon cause of bacteremia with only a few cases reported in published literature. We report a rare and fatal case and O1 serovar inaba bacteremia in a 29-year-old male patient on chemotherapy for relapsed and refractory B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. He had no associated intestinal symptoms.

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