Clinical manifestations and molecular epidemiology of five cases of diarrhoea in children associated with Vibrio metschnikovii in Arequipa, Peru.

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In April 1994, Vibrio metschnikovii was isolated from five infants with watery diarrhoea in Arequipa, Peru, as part of a passive cholera surveillance system. The children ranged in age from 11 to 20 months and had acute diarrhoea, with two cases showing moderate dehydration. Two children also had traces of blood in liquid stool. The children were seen at two different hospitals, and no evidence of a common source...

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