Laboratory Diagnosis
• Mucus flecks from stool are cultured.
• Smears are not useful for diagnosis.
• Dark field microscopy shows rapidly motile vibrios.
Laboratory Diagnosis Culture• Growth is rapid on Blood agar,• On TCBS medium typical colonies can be picked in 18 hours.• The stool specimens can be transported in Venkataraman Ramakrishnan medium• Alkaline peptone water is ideal enrichment medium Dr.T.V.Rao MD 42