Acute diarrhoea caused by Vibrio mimicus in Calcutta.
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1993-08-01
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Out of 539 acute diarrhoea cases studied, Vibrio mimicus was isolated as a sole pathogen in the faeces of 7 (1.3%) cases. The chief clinical presentations of the seven cases were watery diarrhoea and vomiting. Bloody diarrhoea was observed in 2 (28.5%), abdominal pain in 2 (28.57%) and fever in one (14.29) cases. All cases could be effectively treated with ORS except 3 (42.85%) cases who required IV Ringer's lactate. All V. mimicus strains isolated in the study were uniformly susceptible to tetracycline, chloramphenicol, norfloxacin and ciprofloxacin.
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Mitra U, De SP, Bhattacharya MK, Dutta P, Dutta D, Rasaily R, Banerjee D, Nag A, Chowdhury AS, Bhattacharya SK. Acute diarrhoea caused by Vibrio mimicus in Calcutta. Journal of the Association of Physicians of India. 1993 Aug; 41(8): 487-8