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Am J Gastroenterol
; 91(10): 2241-2, 1996 Oct.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-8855762
RESUMO
Cholera is a topical infection of the intestinal tract and rarely causes extraintestinal disease. The gallbladder has been proposed to be the reservoir of this organism. We present a patient from Bolivia who developed symptoms of acute cholecystitis and whose bile culture grew Vibrio cholerae 01 El tor.