Spontaneous Non-O1 Vibrio cholerae Peritonitis after Raw Oyster Ingestion in a Patient with Cirrhosis

Clinical manifestations and characterization of extra-intestinal Vibrio cholerae non-O1, non-O139 infections in Denmark

“…Non‐O1, non‐O139 strains of V. cholerae have also been isolated from blood, from wound and ear infections and from other clinical sites; such infections comprise up to 50% of the reported non‐O1, non‐O139 infections in the USA [6]. Extra‐intestinal invasive infections have also been described from southern Europe [7,8]. Isolation of V. cholerae non‐O1, non‐O139 from wound and ear infections have with few exceptions all been associated with water exposure, mainly to seawater [6,9].…”