Outbreak of cholera caused by Vibrio cholerae 01 intermediately resistant to norfloxacin at Malda, West Bengal

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 389-390

  Bhattacharya, M K ^a   Ghosh, S ^a   Mukhopadhyay, A K ^a   Deb, A ^a   Bhattacharya, S K ^a  

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

Author keywords

Dehydration; Infection; Vibrio cholerae 01 strain; Watery diarrhoea

Indexed keywords

FURAZOLIDONE; NORFLOXACIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHOLERA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INDIA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0034435702     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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