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Cholera: ED presentation, evaluation, and management

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Inspection of the canister showed approximately ten liters of nearly odorless watery fluid containing flecks of mucus (“rice-water” stools) consistent with cholera infection. Laboratory testing was not immediately available. How is this condition diagnosed and treated in the ED? cholerae in stool samples before culture.