Friday, January 1, 2010

vibrio cholerae

cholera

- sever diarhoeal disease

- begin with an abrupt onset of massive watery diarrhoea

- several litres of fluid may besecreted within hours, leading to hypovolemic shock.

- the watery diarrhoea is pseckled with flakes of mucus and epithelial cells " rice water stools"and contains enormous numbers of vibrios.

-vomiting usually occurs

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