Re-emergence of Vibrio cholerae O139 in Pakistan: Report from a tertiary care hospital

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 335-338

  Jabeen, K ^a   Hasan, R ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GELATIN; TAUROCHOLIC ACID; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CALCULATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; EPIDEMIC; FECES; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; LABORATORY; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; POPULATION; SAMPLING; STANDARD; STUDENT T TEST; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHOLERA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 500 AND OVER; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; PAKISTAN; TIME FACTORS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE O139;

EID: 0141571472     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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