Diarrheal disease, including cholera, is the second leadi...
Vomiting and profuse watery diarrhea:
Severe illness is characterized by voluminous watery diarrhea (up to 1 L per hour) flecked with mucus (“rice-water stools”).
Sick contacts with sim...
The mainstay of cholera treatment is rapid rehydration, accounting for both initial and ongoing fluid losses.
Patients with moderate disease may require only oral rehydration ...
Bhattacharya SK, Sur D, Ali M, et al. 5 year efficacy of a bivalent killed whole-cell oral cholera vaccine in Kolkata, India: a cluster-randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled ...
001.9 Cholera, unspecified
001.0 Cholera due to vibrio cholerae
001.1 Cholera due to vibrio cholerae el tor
V02.0 Carrier or suspected carrier of cholera
V01.0 Contact with or exposure to choler...
Q: What foods should I avoid while traveling?
A: Foods associated with cholera include untreated or unboiled water and ice, undercooked fish and shellfish, raw vegetables, food from street vendors,...
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<bold>FIGURE 16-2</bold> <bold>The pathogenesis of cholera and enterotoxigenic <i>Escherichia coli</i> (ETEC) infections.</bold> The organisms colonize the mucosal surface via microbial adhesins—for example, colonization factor antigen (Cfa) of enterotoxigenic <i>E. coli.</i> The factor that binds <i>V. cholerae</i> to cells is not clearly defined, but a toxin coregulated pilus (Tcp) causes the organisms to adhere to one another and form mic...
<bold>FIGURE 16-2</bold> <bold>The pathogenesis of cholera and enterotoxigenic <i>Escherichia coli</i> (ETE...
Figure 73.1. Electron photomicrograph of <italic>Vibrio cholerae</bold>.
Figure 73.3. Model of cholera toxin showing the five binding subunits surrounding a single active (<italic>A</bold>) subunit.