Cholera and severe toxigenic diarrhoeas.

Chronic Diarrhoeas in Infancy and Childhood

Chronic diarrhoeas constitute a major part of the diseases of childhood. In recent years separate entities with known aetiology and pathogenesis have been demonstrated. Among these, that of cystic fibrosis of the pancreas is an inborn error with pancreatic insufficiency (Andersen, 1938), while coeliac disease is caused by intolerance to gluten (Dicke, 1950; Kamer, Weijers and Dicke, 1953), prod...

Viral diarrhoeas in childhood.

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Role of Shrimp Chitin in the Ecology of Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae and Cholera Transmission

Seasonal plankton blooms correlate with occurrence of cholera in Bangladesh, although the mechanism of how dormant Vibrio cholerae, enduring interepidemic period in biofilms and plankton, initiates seasonal cholera is not fully understood. In this study, laboratory microcosms prepared with estuarine Mathbaria water (MW) samples supported active growth of toxigenic V. cholerae O1 up to 7 weeks a...

Severe Pneumonia Caused by Toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans Infection, Japan

Corynebacterium ulcerans infection was recently recognized as a zoonosis. We present 2 cases of severe pneumonia complicated by diffuse pseudomembrane formation on the bronchus caused by C. ulcerans-producing diphtheria toxin. Our purpose is to alert medical professionals to the virulence of Corynebacterium species other than C. diphtheriae.

Occurrence of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae in accessible water sources of cholera endemic foci in India.