Use of dipsticks for rapid diagnosis of cholera caused by Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139 from rectal swabs

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 3939-3941

  Bhuiyan, N A ^a   Qadri, Firdausi ^a   Faruque, A S G ^a   Malek, M A ^a   Salam, M A ^a   Nato, Farida ^b   Fournier, J M ^b   Chanteau, S ^c   Sack, David A ^e   Nair, G Balakrish ^a,d  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c Centre de Recherche Medicale et Sanitaire Niamey   (Niger)

^d ICDDRB Laboratory Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHILD; CHOLERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIARRHEA; DIPSTICK; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM MUCOSA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLERA; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; REAGENT STRIPS; RECTUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPING; SPECIMEN HANDLING; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

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

EID: 0042022054     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.8.3939-3941.2003     Document Type: Article

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