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Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Year: 2010 | Volume: 13 | Issue: 22 | Page No.: 1110-1112
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O. Gharibi

K. Mirzaei

A. Karimi

H. Darabi

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Mixed Infections of Vibrio cholerae O1 Ogawa EL Tor with Shigella dysenteriae

O. Gharibi, K. Mirzaei, A. Karimi and H. Darabi
Mixed infections caused by enteric pathogens such as bacteria, virus, protozoa and helminthes were reported in different literatures. This report also describes the co-infections caused by Vibrio cholerae O1 Ogawa EL Tor with Shigella dysenteriae in a patient. A 36-year-old man was admitted in Fatemeh Zahra Hospital of Bushehr Iran with fever, vomiting and dysentery. His stool sample was cultured, for identification purposes TCBS, XLD and other media were used. V. cholerae and S. dysenteriae were identified. Both species were resistant to ampicillin and sensitive to nalidixic acid and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazol. Shigella was resistant to tetracycline. The results of the study showed that places where diarrheal diseases especially cholera are endemic, it is better to examine for those patients with dysentery for the presence of the V. cholerae O1. That will prevent the spread of pathogenic organism in the community.
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