Vibrio cholerae O1 (serovar inaba) as a cause of fatal bacteremia in a patient with relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Authors : Pooja Thakkar, Sameer Tulpule, Sweta Shah, Tanu Singhal, Urvi Patel

DOI : 10.18231/j.ijmr.2022.013

Volume : 9

Issue : 1

Year : 2022

Page No : 81-84

Vibrio cholerae O1 is an uncommon cause of bacteremia with only a few cases reported in published literature. We report a rare and fatal case and O1 serovar inaba bacteremia in a 29-year-old male patient on chemotherapy for relapsed and refractory B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. He had no associated intestinal symptoms.
 

Keywords: Vibrio cholerae, Bacteremia, Cancer chemotherapy


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