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Cholera: ED presentation, evaluation, and management

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Laboratory testing was not immediately available. The clinical picture of this patient was consistent with hypovolemic shock secondary to acute cholera infection. 10 In non-endemic regions, suspicion arises in patients with severe dehydration or death from acute watery diarrhea. cholerae in stool samples before culture.