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Nosocomial Infection Due to Vibrio cholerae in Two Referral Hospitals in Guatemala

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Jaime E. Hernández ,
Carlos R. Mejía ,
Iris L. Cazali  and
Eduardo G. Arathoon
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Abstract

We report nosocomial infection with Vibrio cholerae 01, in four seriously ill individuals and one infant in Guatemala. Nosocomial cholera occurs in developing countries in Latin America and should be suspected in hospitalized patients with diarrhea, especially during community outbreaks, in order to institute appropriate diagnostic, therapeutic, and control measures.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 17 , Issue 6 , June 1996 , pp. 371 - 372
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1996

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