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Vibrio cholerae Bacteremia in a Neutropenic Patient with Non-Small-Cell Lung Carcinoma

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Vibrio cholerae was isolated from the blood cultures of a neutropenic patient treated with chemotherapy for non-small-cell lung cancer. Attempts to isolate Vibrio spp. from a rectal swab and stool were unsuccessful. Piperacillin/tazobactam treatment resulted in eradication of the microorganism from the patient's blood. Although Vibrio spp. have occasionally been the source of infection in immunocompromised patients, this report describes the first case of non-0:1 Vibrio cholerae bacteremia in a neutropenic patient with a solid tumour.

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine, Institut Jules Bordet, Rue Héger-Bordet 1, 1000 Brussels, Belgium, , , , ,

    T. Berghmans &  J. Sculier

  2. Department of Microbiology, Institut Jules Bordet, Brussels, Belgium, , , , ,

    F. Crokaert

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Berghmans, .T., Crokaert, .F. & Sculier, .J. Vibrio cholerae Bacteremia in a Neutropenic Patient with Non-Small-Cell Lung Carcinoma. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 21, 676–678 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-002-0794-1

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