Epidemic of diarrhea caused by Vibrio cholerae non-O1 that produced heat-stable toxin among Khmers in a camp in Thailand

J Clin Microbiol. 1993 May;31(5):1315-7. doi: 10.1128/jcm.31.5.1315-1317.1993.

Abstract

An epidemic of a cholera-like disease occurred among Khmers in a camp in Aranyaprathet, Thailand, in May 1990. Of 215 patients with diarrhea, Vibrio cholerae O1 was isolated from 25 (12%) and V. cholerae non-O1 was isolated from 15 (7%). Five of 15 (33%) non-O1 V. cholerae isolates hybridized with two different oligonucleotide probes previously used to detect V. cholerae non-O1 that produces a heat-stable toxin. This is the first description of an epidemic of diarrhea caused by V. cholerae non-O1 that produces heat-stable toxin.

MeSH terms

  • Cholera / epidemiology*
  • Cholera / microbiology
  • Diarrhea / epidemiology*
  • Diarrhea / microbiology
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Enterotoxins / biosynthesis
  • Humans
  • Seroepidemiologic Studies
  • Serotyping
  • Thailand / epidemiology
  • Vibrio cholerae / classification
  • Vibrio cholerae / isolation & purification
  • Vibrio cholerae / metabolism

Substances

  • Enterotoxins
  • stN protein, Vibrio cholerae