Non-serogroup O:1 Vibrio cholerae bacteremia and cerebritis

C Suankratay; K Phantumchinda; W Tachawiboonsak; H Wilde

doi:10.1086/319596

Non-serogroup O:1 Vibrio cholerae bacteremia and cerebritis

Clin Infect Dis. 2001 Apr 1;32(7):E117-9. doi: 10.1086/319596. Epub 2001 Mar 20.

Authors

C Suankratay¹, K Phantumchinda, W Tachawiboonsak, H Wilde

Affiliation

¹ Divisions of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. schusana@hotmail.com

PMID: 11264049
DOI: 10.1086/319596

Abstract

We describe a case of non-serogroup O:1 Vibrio cholerae bacteremia and cerebritis in a 41-year-old Thai man with alcoholism who presented with fever and cellulitis of the right ankle. He was successfully treated with parenteral cefotaxime and then was switched to treatment with oral ciprofloxacin.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Anti-Infective Agents / therapeutic use
Bacteremia / complications*
Bacteremia / drug therapy
Bacteremia / microbiology
Bacteremia / physiopathology
Cefotaxime / therapeutic use
Cephalosporins / therapeutic use
Cholera / complications*
Cholera / drug therapy
Cholera / microbiology
Cholera / physiopathology
Ciprofloxacin / therapeutic use
Humans
Male
Meningitis, Bacterial / complications*
Meningitis, Bacterial / drug therapy
Meningitis, Bacterial / microbiology
Meningitis, Bacterial / physiopathology
Vibrio cholerae

Substances

Anti-Infective Agents
Cephalosporins
Ciprofloxacin
Cefotaxime