Antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of Vibrio Cholerae 01 strains during two cholera outbreaks in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 350-353

  Urassa, W K ^b   Mhando, Y B ^a   Mhalu, F S ^c   Mjonga, S J ^a  

^a MUHIMBILI MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^b MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHOLERA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; STATISTICS; TANZANIA; TIME; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

CHOLERA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; TANZANIA; TIME FACTORS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE O1;

EID: 0034551930     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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