Mixed diarrhoeal infection caused by Vibrio cholerae and several other enteric pathogens in a 4-year-old child returning to Germany from Pakistan

Scand J Infect Dis. 2005;37(1):73-5. doi: 10.1080/00365540510026409.

Abstract

We report a mixed enteric infection in a 4-y-old child who returned from Pakistan with fever, vomiting and profuse diarrhoea leading to severe dehydration. Vibrio cholerae O1, Salmonella paratyphi A and Campylobacter coli were cultured from stool. Furthermore, Giardia lamblia antigen and hepatitis A RNA were detected. This is the first paediatric cholera case seen in Frankfurt/Main.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Campylobacter Infections / complications*
  • Campylobacter coli / isolation & purification*
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cholera / complications*
  • Cholera / physiopathology
  • Cholera / therapy
  • Diarrhea / complications*
  • Diarrhea / microbiology
  • Diarrhea / therapy
  • Feces / microbiology*
  • Germany
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Paratyphoid Fever / complications*
  • Salmonella paratyphi A / isolation & purification*
  • Travel*
  • Vibrio cholerae O1 / isolation & purification
  • Vibrio cholerae O1 / pathogenicity*