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SUBMITTER: Smith AM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3264189 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Smith Anthony M AM Keddy Karen H KH Ismail Husna H Tau Nomsa N Sooka Arvinda A Archer Brett N BN Thomas Juno J Crisp Noreen N
Journal of clinical microbiology 20111207 2
Vibrio cholerae O1 in a river water specimen in South Africa was reported, and a public health response followed in order to prevent an outbreak. Further investigation determined this to be a pseudoalert of V. cholerae O1, possibly linked to laboratory contamination. Following culture of bacteria from the water specimen, the testing laboratory possibly contaminated the culture with a V. cholerae O1 reference strain and then mistakenly reported isolation of V. cholerae O1. ...[more]