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[Value of the syndromic approach for the diagnosis of an imported case of cholera].
Annales de biologie clinique - 1 Apr 2020
Chalmin Sophie, Lièvre Nathalie, Mérillon Caroline, Gallienne Emilie, Leroux Vivien, Léonard Pierre Yves, Quilici Marie Laure, Pérez Benoite
Abstract excerpt
A 70-year-old woman with no relevant medical history presented banal clinical signs of infectious gastroenteritis on her return from a trip to the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. The appearance of her stools and clinical findings were not suggestive of a typical case of cholera, but Vibrio cholerae was nevertheless isolated from her stools in the laboratory. The National reference center (NRC) for vibrios and...
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