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Rev. méd. Chile
; 137(9): 1193-1196, sep. 2009. tab, ilus
Article
de Espagnol
| LILACS
| ID: lil-534021
RÉSUMÉ
We report a 70-year-old woman, who had recently consumed shellfish, that was admitted to the intensive care unit with septic shock and died 19 hours later due to a multi-organic failure. Microbiological, serological and molecular assays confirmed a hemolytic tdh+ Vibrio cholerae non-01, non 0139 as the etiologic agent (Rev Méd Chile 2009; 137: 1193-6).