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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2006, p. 3459-3460, Vol. 44, No. 9
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.02343-05
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Pulmonary Cholera Due to Infection with a Non-O1 Vibrio cholerae Strain

Jack D. Shannon1* and Robert C. Kimbrough III2

Departments of Anesthesia,1 Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, Lubbock, Texas2

Received 9 November 2005/ Returned for modification 19 December 2005/ Accepted 5 June 2006

We present 2 cases of primary pulmonary non-O1 Vibrio cholerae infection. We believe that these are the first documented cases of primary pulmonary infection due to this organism from a freshwater source.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Anesthesiology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, Lubbock, TX 79430. Phone: (806) 743-2981. Fax: (806) 743-2984. E-mail: jakshannon{at}cox.net.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2006, p. 3459-3460, Vol. 44, No. 9
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.02343-05
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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