Tetracycline in the treatment of cholera caused by Vibrio cholerae O1 resistant to the drug in vitro [1]

Journal of Health Population and Nutrition

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 76-78

  Khan, A M ^a   von Gierke, U ^b   Hossain, M S ^a   Fuchs, G J ^c  

^a ICDDR B Centre for Health and Population Research   (Bangladesh)

^b Univ Arkansas for Medical Sciences ^*  (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; POLYELECTROLYTE; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; CHOLERA; DIARRHEA; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EXCRETION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; LETTER; MALE; REHYDRATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BANGLADESH; CHOLERA; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TETRACYCLINE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE O1;

VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0037650035     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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