Resumen de Septicemia fatal causada por Vibrio cholerae no-O1, no-O139 hemolítico en Chile: Caso clínico

Isabel Briceño L, Claudio Puebla A, Francisco Guerra A, Daniela Jensen, Harold Núñez B, María T Ulloa F, Carlos G Osorio A

• We report a 70-year-old woman, who had recently consumed shellfish, that was admitted to the intensive care unit with septic shock and died 19 hours later due to a multi-organic failure. Microbiological, serological and molecular assays confirmed a hemolytic tdh+ Vibrio cholerae non-01, non 0139 as the etiologic agent (Rev Méd Chile 2009; 137: 1193-6).