2. INTRODUCTION
• Acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of food or
water contaminated by a comma-shaped bacteria Vibrio
cholerae
• Deadly water borne disease
• Untreated individuals may die from severe dehydration
within two to three hours.
6. DIAGNOSIS
• Rectal swabs or from fresh stool samples.
• Dark-field microscopic examination of fresh feces
showing rapidly moving bacilli
• All food isolates must be tested for the production of
cholera enterotoxin.
7. TREATMENT
• Water and electrolyte replacement therapy – “oral re-
hydration salts”
• Use of antibiotics