Vibrio cholera O1 Ogawa bacteremia with extraintestinal manifestation

• Main Authors: Faisal, Ummu Salamah, Zainulabid, Ummu Afeera, Kori, Najma, Periyasamy, Petrick, Khaithir, Tzar Mohd Nizam
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2023
• Subjects: RC Internal medicine; RC111 Infectious and Parasitic Diseases
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/106131/7/106131_Vibrio%20Cholera%20O1%20Ogawa%20Bacteremia.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/106131/; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971223005878?via%3Dihub; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2023.05.034

O1 Ogawa Vibrio cholerae is rarely reported to cause extraintestinal manifestation. Here, we report a case of O1 Ogawa Vibrio cholerae bacteremia with bullous cellulitis of the left leg. The patient acquired the infection through a small skin prick on her leg from contaminated soil that served as an...