[Non-toxigenic hemolytic Vibrio cholerae non-O1 non-O139 fatal septicemia. Report of one case]. / Septicemia fatal causada por Vibrio cholerae no-O1, no-O139 hemolítico en Chile: Caso clínico.

We report a 70-year-old woman, who had recently consumed shellfish, that was admitted to the intensive care unit with septic shock and died 19 hours later due to a multi-organic failure. Microbiological, serological and molecular assays confirmed a hemolytic tdh+ Vibrio cholerae non-01, non 0139 as the etiologic agent.

Septicemia fatal causada por Vibrio cholerae no-O1, no-O139 hemolítico en Chile: Caso clínico / Non-toxigenic hemolytic Vibrio cholerae non-O1non-O139 fatal septicemia: Report of one case

We report a 70-year-old woman, who had recently consumed shellfish, that was admitted to the intensive care unit with septic shock and died 19 hours later due to a multi-organic failure. Microbiological, serological and molecular assays confirmed a hemolytic tdh+ Vibrio cholerae non-01, non 0139 as the etiologic agent (Rev Méd Chile 2009; 137: 1193-6).