| Literature DB >> 19062702 |
Weerapan Wiwatworapan1, Somchai Insiripong.
Abstract
A 67-year-old Thai female with alcoholic cirrhosis presented with fever and abdominal pain for 5 days. On examination, there was marked ascites with generalized abdominal tenderness. The result of ascitic fluid analysis showed yellow turbid fluid, a WBC count of 6,100 cells/mm3 with polymorphonucleocytes predominant. Blood cultures yielded non-O1/ non-O139 Vibrio cholerae. The patient improved gradually and recovered fully after 1 week of parenteral antibiotic.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 19062702
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health ISSN: 0125-1562 Impact factor: 0.267