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Mixed diarrhoeal infection caused by Vibrio cholerae and several other enteric pathogens in a 4-year-old child returning to Germany from Pakistan.

Enzensberger R, Besier S, Baumgärtner N, Brade V

Institute for Medical Microbiology, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt/Main, Paul-Ehrlich-Str 40, DE-60596 Frankfurt/Main, Germany. R.Enzensberger@em.uni-frankfurt.de

We report a mixed enteric infection in a 4-y-old child who returned from Pakistan with fever, vomiting and profuse diarrhoea leading to severe dehydration. Vibrio cholerae O1, Salmonella paratyphi A and Campylobacter coli were cultured from stool. Furthermore, Giardia lamblia antigen and hepatitis A RNA were detected. This is the first paediatric cholera case seen in Frankfurt/Main.

Published 14 March 2005 in Scand J Infect Dis, 37(1): 73-5.
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