Vibrios have been identified to cause extra-intestinal complications apart from the occasional cholera-like diarrhoeal outbreaks. The non-O1/O139 Vibrio cholerae strains are ubiquitous in environmental water bodies and hence pose a threat to people even without obvious risk factors. We describe a case of sepsis in a child with spinal dysraphism caused by a V. cholerae O9 strain belonging to a novel sequence type (ST520). The present case highlights the need of considering V. cholerae non-O1/O139 as one of the pathogens while dealing with sepsis cases, and also, the study expounds the importance of proper characterisation of the pathogen for an effective treatment.


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首次报告从患有菌血症相关脓毒症的儿童中分离出霍乱弧菌 O9（新型 st520）



除了偶尔爆发霍乱样腹泻外，弧菌已被确定会引起肠外并发症。非O1/O139霍乱弧菌菌株在环境水体中普遍存在，因此即使没有明显的危险因素也会对人们构成威胁。我们描述了一名患有脊髓闭合不全的儿童败血症病例，该病例由属于新型序列类型（ST520）的霍乱弧菌O9 菌株引起。本病例强调在处理脓毒症病例时需要将非 O1/O139霍乱弧菌视为病原体之一，而且该研究还阐明了正确表征病原体对于有效治疗的重要性。