Vibrio cholera etiology and pathogeneis

7月 6, 2010 · Posted in 未分類 

V. cholerae is a curved Gram-negative motile bacillus. Two biotypes are recognized, the classic biotype and the El Tor biotype. The organism is present in vast numbers in the faeces of infected patients. The El Tor biotype tends to cause more asymptomatic and mild infections, which resolve spontaneously and leave the patient excreting vibrios to infect others.

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