Non-toxigenic Vibrio cholerae in an autologous stem cell and renal transplant recipient

Transpl Infect Dis. 2021 Feb;23(1):e13385. doi: 10.1111/tid.13385. Epub 2020 Jul 6.

Abstract

A patient with a renal transplant after an autologous stem cell transplant for multiple myeloma developed non-toxigenic Vibrio cholerae diarrhea after travel to Mexico. This is a rare cause of diarrhea in transplant recipients, and the patient had not had pre-travel counseling. This case reflects the lack of referral of transplant recipients for travel infectious disease review before overseas travel and the role of the live attenuated cholera vaccine.

Keywords: Vibrio cholerae; non-toxigenic; organ transplantation; stem cell transplantation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Kidney Transplantation*
  • Mexico
  • Stem Cells
  • Transplant Recipients
  • Vibrio cholerae*