Cluster-analysis and patterns of dissemination of multidrug resistance among clinical strains of Vibrio cholerae in Calcutta, India

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 112, Issue SEPT., 2000, Pages 78-85

  Ramamurthy, T ^a   Rajendran, K ^a   Garg, P ^a   Shimada, T ^a   Basu, A ^a   Chowdhury, N R ^a   Nandy, R K ^a   Yamasaki, S ^a   Bhattacharya, S K ^a   Takeda, Y ^a   Nair, G B ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Dissemination; Multidrug resistance; Resistance profiles; Serogroups

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FURAZOLIDONE; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NEOMYCIN; NORFLOXACIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHOLERA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG EFFICACY; INDIA; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; SEROLOGY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0033759184     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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