RESUMO

This study was realized in Minatitlán, Veracruz during a cholera outbreak. 169 rectal swabs were taken from hilles and their contacts. They were transfer alkaline peptone water for enrichment to V. cholerae and incubated for 8 hrs to 37 degrees C, 70 were positive for V. cholerae in both techniques. The coagglutination was done with a reagent prepared at the Instituto de Diagnóstico y Referencia Epidemiológicos of México and the culture were also performed in the same Institute. We obtained 100% of sensitivity and specificity of co-agglutination in relation with culture. This results gave the possibility to use this kind or reagents for a rapid presumptive diagnosis of cholera.

Assuntos

Testes de Aglutinação , Cólera/microbiologia , Vibrio cholerae/isolamento & purificação , Biópsia , Cólera/diagnóstico , Cólera/epidemiologia , Surtos de Doenças , Humanos , México , Reto/microbiologia , Reto/patologia , Sensibilidade e Especificidade , Staphylococcus aureus