Three cases of bacteremia caused by Vibrio cholerae 01 in Blantyre, Malawi

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1059-1061

  Gordon, Melita A ^a,c   Walsh, Amanda L ^b   Rogerson, Sheryle R K ^a   Magomero, Kingsley C ^a   Machili, Chipulwa E ^a   Corkill, John E ^c   Hart, C Anthony ^c,d  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Malawi)

^b MALAWI LIVERPOOL WELLCOME TRUST CLINICAL RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Malawi)

^c ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION; RINGER LACTATE SOLUTION; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CASE REPORT; CHOLERA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALAWI; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0035194150     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0706.010629     Document Type: Article

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