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First Report of Vibrio cholerae O9, Novel ST520, Isolated from a Child with Bacteraemia-Associated Sepsis

Publication Type : Journal Article

Thematic Areas : Medical Sciences

Publisher : Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Source : Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology, Volume 38, Issues 3–4, July–December 2020

Url : http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijmm.IJMM_20_283

Campus : Kochi

School : School of Medicine

Year : 2020

Abstract : Vibrios have been identified to cause extra-intestinal complications apart from the occasional cholera-like diarrhoeal outbreaks. The non-O1/O139 Vibrio cholerae strains are ubiquitous in environmental water bodies and hence pose a threat to people even without obvious risk factors. We describe a case of sepsis in a child with spinal dysraphism caused by a V. cholerae O9 strain belonging to a novel sequence type (ST520). The present case highlights the need of considering V. cholerae non-O1/O139 as one of the pathogens while dealing with sepsis cases, and also, the study expounds the importance of proper characterisation of the pathogen for an effective treatment.

Cite this Research Publication : Nandita Shashindran, Lekshmi Narendrakumar, Suhas Udayakumaran, Divya MavanavilaVijayakumar,
Sabu Thomas, AnilKumar "First Report of Vibrio cholerae O9, Novel ST520, Isolated from a Child with Bacteraemia-Associated Sepsis", Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2020

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