Experimental non-O group 1 Vibrio cholerae gastroenteritis in humans.

J G Morris; T Takeda; B D Tall; G A Losonsky; S K Bhattacharya; B D Forrest; B A Kay; M Nishibuchi

doi:10.1172/JCI114494

Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore 21201.

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Published in Volume 85, Issue 3 on March 1, 1990
J Clin Invest. 1990;85(3):697–705. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI114494.
© 1990 The American Society for Clinical Investigation

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In this study, 27 volunteers received one of three non-O group 1 Vibrio cholerae strains in doses as high as 10(9) CFU. Only one strain (strain C) caused diarrhea: this strain was able to colonize the gastrointestinal tract, and produced a heat-stable enterotoxin (NAG-ST). Diarrhea was not seen with a strain (strain A) that colonized the intestine but did not produce NAG-ST, nor with a strain (strain B) that produced NAG-ST but did not colonize. Persons receiving strain C had diarrhea and abdominal cramps. Diarrheal stool volumes ranged from 154 to 5,397 ml; stool samples from the patient having 5,397 ml of diarrhea were tested and found to contain NAG-ST. The median incubation period for illness was 10 h. There was a suggestion that occurrence of diarrhea was dependent on inoculum size. Immune responses to homologous outer membrane proteins, lipopolysaccharide, and whole-cell lysates were demonstrable with all three strains. Our data demonstrate that V. cholerae of O groups other than 1 are able to cause severe diarrheal disease. However, not all strains are pathogenic for humans: virulence of strain C may be dependent on its ability both to colonize the intestine and to produce a toxin such as NAG-ST.

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