Emergence of a unique O3:K6 clone of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Calcutta, India, and isolation of strains from the same clonal group from Southeast Asian travelers arriving in Japan

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3150-3155

  Okuda, Jun ^a   Ishibashi, Masanori ^b   Hayakawa, Eriko ^c   Nishino, Takeshi ^c   Takeda, Yoshifumi ^d   Mukhopadhyay, Asish K ^e   Garg, Surabhi ^e   Bhattacharya, S K ^e   Nair, G Balakrish ^e   Nishibuchi, Mitsuaki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^c KYOTO PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFDITOREN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; HEMOLYSIN; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; TETRACYCLINE; UREASE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FECES CULTURE; HEMOLYSIS; INDIA; JAPAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 0030719954     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.12.3150-3155.1997     Document Type: Article

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