Vibrio cholerae/mimicus in fecal microbiota of healthy children in a cholera endemic urban slum setting in Kolkata, India

Microbiol Immunol. 2012 Nov;56(11):789-91. doi: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2012.00497.x.

Abstract

During a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled probiotic trial among 3758 children residing in an urban slum in Kolkata, India, Vibrio cholerae/mimicus was detected in fecal microbiota of healthy children. The importance of this finding in the local, regional and global transmission of cholera is discussed.

Publication types

  • Randomized Controlled Trial
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Child, Preschool
  • Cholera / epidemiology*
  • Endemic Diseases*
  • Feces / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • India
  • Infant
  • Placebos / administration & dosage
  • Poverty Areas
  • Probiotics / administration & dosage
  • Vibrio cholerae / isolation & purification*
  • Vibrio mimicus / isolation & purification*

Substances

  • Placebos