Artículo de revista
Septicemia fatal causada por Vibrio cholerae no-O1, no-O139 hemolítico en Chile. Caso clínico
Fecha
2009Registro en:
Rev Méd Chile 2009; 137: 1193-1196
Autor
Briceño L., Isabel
Puebla A., Claudio
Guerra A., Francisco
Jensen F., Daniela
Núñez B., Harold
Ulloa Flores, María Teresa
Osorio Abarzúa, Carlos Gonzalo
Institución
Resumen
We report a 70-year-old woman, who had recently consumed
shellfish, that was admitted to the intensive care unit with septic shock and died 19 hours later
due to a multi-organic failure. Microbiological, serological and molecular assays confirmed a
hemolytic tdh+ Vibrio cholerae non-O1, non O139 as the etiologic agent