Current status of diarrhea caused by or associated with cholera vibrions of the non 0:1 group
Ciufecu, C.; Năcescu, N.
Revista de Igiena Bacteriologie Virusologie Parazitologie Epidemiologie Pneumoftiziologie. Bacteriologia Virusologia Parazitologia Epidemiologia 26(3): 145-154
1981
ISSN/ISBN: 0376-4494 PMID: 7330562 Document Number: 173084
Known until not long age under the generic name of non-agglutinable vibrios (NAG), cholera vibrios group non 0:1 represent a group as yet insufficiently known in spite of the marked progress made during the last 10 - 15 years in this field. Wide spread throughout the world vibrios group non 0:1 have been isolated from surface waters, from the intestines of fish, birds and mammals (from humans in case of enteritis, systemic infections, healthy subjects). The medical interest stands in the participation of these vibrios in the acute diarrheic syndrome and as aetiologic agents. The authors review the data concerning the symptomatology, pathogenic mechanisms, epidemiology and bacteriologic diagnosis.