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Vibrio cholerae (non-O1, non-O139) sepsis in a child with Fanconi anemia.

Dhar R, Badawi M, Qabazard Z, Albert MJ

Department of Laboratories, Al-Adan Hospital, Hadiya, Kuwait. ritadhar50@hotmail.com

A 9-year-old female child who was a known case of Fanconi anemia was admitted to hospital because of fever and gastrointestinal symptoms. Blood culture at the time of admission yielded growth of Gram-negative curved rod that was identified as Vibrio cholerae (non-O1, non-O139), whereas repeated fecal cultures were negative for enteropathogens. To our knowledge, this is the first case of V. cholerae (non-O1, non-O139) septicemia associated with Fanconi anemia.

Published 7 December 2004 in Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis, 50(4): 287-9.
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