Imported cholera with acute renal failure after a short business-trip to the Philippines, Germany, October 2015.

نویسندگان

  • Günther Slesak
  • Ralf Fleck
  • Daniela Jacob
  • Roland Grunow
  • Johannes Schäfer
چکیده

A German businessman developed acute watery diarrhoea after a three-day trip to the Philippines. He was admitted with severe hypotension and acute renal failure, but recovered with rapid rehydration. Vibrio cholerae O1 serotype Ogawa was isolated. Physicians need to be aware of endemic cholera in Asia including the Philippines and consider this in their pre-travel advice.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin

دوره 21 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2016