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N Z Med J
; 126(1379): 95-7, 2013 Aug 02.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-24045356
ABSTRACT
The following case concerns a soft tissue Vibrio cholerae (V. cholerae) infection in a fisherman who cut his foot while retrieving his fishing dinghy. It is rare for V. cholerae to cause extraintestinal infection. This V. cholera was identified as a non-toxigenic organism. The patient was successfully treated with medical therapy at Waikato Hospital (Hamilton, New Zealand) and discharged home after 10 days.