Abstract

GONZALEZ BLANCO, Juan Carlos; PEREZ FUENTES, Iván Alexei; RODRIGUEZ YERO, Daimarelis  and  SANCHEZ ABALOS, Vicia Mercedes. Cholera in a pregnant woman of rural origin. MEDISAN [online]. 2014, vol.18, n.5, pp.711-714. ISSN 1029-3019.

The case report of a 21 years pregnant woman, with 28 weeks of pregnancy, of rural origin and apparent good health condition, who was transferred from her health area (Songo - La Maya municipality) to "Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso" Teaching General Hospital in Santiago de Cuba, for presenting vomits and diarrheas, with signs of moderate dehydration is described, so that a quick test of cholera was carried out, with positive results. The patient was admitted in the Intensive Care Unit under medical and epidemiological treatment, with which she had a favorable clinical course and she was discharged from the institution 5 days later

Keywords : woman; pregnancy; cholera; Intensive Care Unit.

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