Characterization of a clinical Vibrio cholerae O139 isolate from Mexico

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 65-70

  Parveen, Salina ^a,b   Farrah, Samuel R ^a   Gonzalez Bonilla, Celia ^c   Zamudio, Altagracia V ^c   Tamplin, Mark L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE   (United States)

^c Instituto Nacional de Diagnostico y Referencia Epidemiologicos   (Mexico)

^d EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholera toxin; CtxA; TcpA; Vibrio cholerae O139

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; ELECTROPHORESIS; GELS; GENES;

PATHOGENIC STRAINS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHOLERA TOXIN; CHOLERA TOXIN A SUBUNIT; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FURAZOLIDONE; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NITROFURANTOIN; POLYMYXIN B; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

TOXIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM PILUS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RIBOTYPING; SRI LANKA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TCPA GENE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIARRHEA; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; HUMANS; MEXICO; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RIBOTYPING; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; TOR; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0037249055     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w03-004     Document Type: Article

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