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FULMINATING SYSTEMIC INFECTION CAUSED BY VIBRIO CHOLERAE SPECIES WHICH DOES NOT AGGLUTINATE WITH 0‐1 V. CHOLERAE ANTISERUM
Author(s) -
Guard R. W.,
Brigden M.,
Desmarchelier P.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1980.tb135213.x
Subject(s) - vibrio cholerae , antiserum , microbiology and biotechnology , cholera , antibody , biology , pathogenicity , virology , medicine , immunology , bacteria , genetics
A case of fatal septicaemia caused by Vibrio cholerae which did not agglutinate with 0 group 1 V. cholerae antiserum is presented. The illness occurred in a 64‐year‐old Aboriginal woman from Aurukun Mission in Cape York. The organism was isolated from multiple blood cultures and urine during life, and from a large hepatic abscess found post mortem. The pathogenicity and epidemiology of this organism is discussed.