EPIDEMIC OF DIARRHEA CAUSED BY VIBRIO-CHOLERAE NON-01 THAT PRODUCED HEAT-STABLE TOXIN AMONG KHMERS IN A CAMP IN THAILAND

Authors
BAGCHI K ECHEVERRIA P ARTHUR JD SETHABUTR O SERICHANTALERGS O HOGE CW
Citation
K. Bagchi et al., EPIDEMIC OF DIARRHEA CAUSED BY VIBRIO-CHOLERAE NON-01 THAT PRODUCED HEAT-STABLE TOXIN AMONG KHMERS IN A CAMP IN THAILAND, Journal of clinical microbiology, 31(5), 1993, pp. 1315-1317
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of clinical microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00951137
Volume
31
Issue
5
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1315 - 1317
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(1993)31:5<1315:EODCBV>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
An epidemic of a cholera-like disease occurred among Khmers in a camp in Aranyaprathet, Thailand, in May 1990. Of 215 patients with diarrhea , Vibrio cholerae O1 was isolated from 25 (12%) and V. cholerae non-O1 was isolated from 15 (7%). Five of 15 (33%) non-O1 V. cholerae isolat es hybridized with two different oligonucleotide probes previously use d to detect V. cholerae non-O1 that produces a heat-stable toxin. This is the first description of an epidemic of diarrhea caused by V. chol erae non-O1 that produces heat-stable toxin.