Emergence of multiple drug-resistant Vibrio cholerae 01 in San Pedro Sula, Honduras [5]

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Volumn 349, Issue 9056, 1997, Pages 924-

  Dubon, Jose M ^a   Palmer, Carol J ^b   Ager, Arba L ^a   Shor Posner, Gail ^a   Baum, Marianna K ^a  

^a Hosp Regl de la Seguridad Social   (Honduras)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFALOTIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; INDINAVIR; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FECES ANALYSIS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HONDURAS; HUMAN; LETTER; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0343907240     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(05)62699-2     Document Type: Letter

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