Cholera diagnosis

Suggested Alternatives for Differential Diagnosis Amebiasis, cholera, salmonellosis, schisto-mosis, yersiniosis, Clostridium difficile colitis, colon cancer, Crohn s disease, ulcerative colitis. 

CDC Case Definition An illness characterized by diarrhea and/or vomiting severity is variable. Laboratory criteria for diagnosis is (1) isolation of toxigenic (i.e., cholera toxin-producing) V. cholerae Ol or0139 from stool orvomitus or (2) serologic evidence of recent infection. 

Suggested Alternatives for Differential Diagnosis Hog cholera, salmonellosis, erysipelas, Glasser s disease, erysipelas, septicemic salmonellosis, pasteurellosis, Haemophilus suis infection, Streptococcus suis infection, eperythrozoonosis, porcine dermatitis and nephropathy syndrome, porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome, pseudorabies, coumarin poisoning, and salt poisoning. 

Suggested Alternatives for Differential Diagnosis Infectious bronchitis, infectious laryngo-tracheitis, Newcastle disease, mycoplasmosis, duck viral enteritis, infectious coryza, ornithobacteriosis, turkey coryza, fowl cholera, aspergillosis, heat exhaustion, and severe water deprivation. 

Suggested Alternatives for Differential Diagnosis Infectious bronchitis, laryngotracheitis, fowl cholera, avian influenza, fowl pox, psittacosis, mycoplasmosis, avian encephalomyelitis, coryza, salmonellosis, Marek s disease and Pacheco s disease in parrots, vitamin E deficiency, and deprivation of water, air, or feed. 

The diagnosis is most often provided by demonstration of specific organisms in stool samples. In a wide-scale outbreak, cholera is most often diagnosed clinically due to the t)qjical nature of the diarrhoea. PCR tests can diagnose C. parmim. 

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