A cholera-like illness in a traveller due to a mixed infection with enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli, Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

A healthy 67-year-old male traveller developed a cholera-like disease after returning from a five-week stay in Pakistan and India. In addition to Vibrio parahaemolyticus and large numbers of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, two strains of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli were isolated from a single stool specimen.