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Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention and Control Division
651-201-5414
IDEPC Comment Form

Health Care Provider Information on Cholera (Vibrio cholerae)

On this page:
Required Disease Reporting
Clinical Features
Treatment

Required Disease Reporting

  • Reporting Cholera
    Health care providers and clinical laboratories are required to report cases and suspect cases of Vibrio cholerae to the Minnesota Department of Health.
  • Reporting Vibrio spp. All Vibrio ssp. infections, including V. parahaemolyticus infections, are reportable to the Minnesota Department of Health.

Clinical Features

  • CDC: Vibrio cholerae
    Includes information about clinical features, transmission, trends, and more.

Treatment

  • Cholera can be simply and successfully treated by immediate replacement of the fluid and salts lost through diarrhea.
  • Patients can be treated with oral rehydration solution, a prepackaged mixture of sugar and salts to be mixed with water and drunk in large amounts.
    • This solution is used throughout the world to treat diarrhea.
    • Severe cases also require intravenous fluid replacement. With prompt rehydration, fewer than 1% of cholera patients die.
  • Antibiotics shorten the course and diminish the severity of the illness, but they are not as important as rehydration.

Do you suspect that you have a foodborne or waterborne illness? Visit reporting suspected foodborne/waterborne illnesses.

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Last Updated: 11/07/2022

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