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Cholera is an acute illness caused by an enterotoxin elaborated in Vibrio cholerae that have colonized the small bowel of a susceptible individual. In the most severe form of cholera, there is rapid loss of fluid and electrolytes from the gastrointestinal tract, resulting in hypovolemic shock, metabolic acidosis, and, if untreated, death. Although the mortality rate may be extremely high in untreated cases, excellent therapeutic results can be obtained by prompt replacement of water and electrolytes by either the intravenous or the oral route.1
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Warren, K.S., Mahmoud, A.A.F. (1985). Cholera. In: Geographic Medicine for the Practitioner. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8578-3_4
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