Cholera in north Brazil: On the occurrence of strains of Vibrio cholerae O1 which fail to ferment sucrose during routine plating on thiosulphate- citrate-bile salt-sucrose agar (TCBS). A new problem in diagnosis and control?

Revista Latinoamericana de Microbiologia

Volumn 39, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 141-144

  De Paula Ramos, Francisco Lúzio ^a   Lins Lainson, Zéa Constante ^a   Lopes Da Silva, Elza ^b   Aparecido Proietti Jr , Aldo ^b   Laerte Mareco, Marlice ^b   Nobre Lamarão, Maria Louze ^b  

^a INSTITUTO EVANDRO CHAGAS   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHOLERA; FERMENTATION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

AGAR; BILE ACIDS AND SALTS; BRAZIL; CHOLERA; CITRATES; CULTURE MEDIA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FERMENTATION; HUMANS; SEROTYPING; SUCROSE; THIOSULFATES; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0344937943     PISSN: 01874640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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