Infectious Disease Compendium

Cholera

Diagnosis

Lots and lots of watery diarrhea after travel from an endemic site.

Epidemiologic Risks

Drinking contaminated water.

Microbiology

Vibrio cholerae species.

Empiric Therapy

Fluid replacement, tetracycline OR quinolone (resistance is increasing), 1 gm single dose azithromycin was effective against Vibrio cholerae O1 or O139 (PubMed).

Pearls

There have been seven cholera pandemics in the past 200 years.

Last Update: 06/10/18.