Papers Published

1. JA Crump, CA Bopp, KD Greene, KA Kubota, RL Middendorf, JG Wells, ED Mintz, Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae serogroup O141-associated cholera-like diarrhea and bloodstream infection in the United States., The Journal of infectious diseases, United States, vol. 187 no. 5 (March, 2003), pp. 866-8, ISSN 0022-1899
   (last updated on 2007/11/30)

   Abstract:
   Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae serogroup O141 has been associated with sporadic cholera-like diarrhea and bloodstream infection in the United States. Consumption of seafood and proximity to the coast may increase the risk of infection. All V. cholerae isolates recovered from stool samples of patients with diarrhea or from a normally sterile site should be serogrouped and assessed for cholera toxin production. Improved surveillance and case-control studies are needed to further characterize illness and risk factors for V. cholerae O141 infection.

   Keywords:
   Adult • Aged • Aged, 80 and over • Bacteremia • Cholera • Cholera Toxin • Diarrhea • Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field • Female • Humans • Male • Middle Aged • Serotyping • United States • Vibrio cholerae • classification* • epidemiology • epidemiology* • genetics • metabolism* • microbiology