Changing epidemiology and sensitivity pattern of Vibrio cholerae at Rawalpindi

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 357-360

  Rafi, Shahid ^a,b,c   Qureshi, Ayaz Hussain ^a   Saeed, Waseem ^a   Ali, Arif ^a   Ahmadani, Mumtaz ^a   Khawaja, Saeed Afzal ^a  

^a ARMY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^b CMH ^*  (Pakistan)

^c Malir National University of Medical Sciences   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antibiotic sensitivity; Biotype; Serotype; Vibrio cholerae

Indexed keywords

AGAR; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BILE SALT; CIPROFLOXACIN; CITRIC ACID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; MCCONKEY AGAR; NALIDIXIC ACID; OFLOXACIN; PEPTONE; POLYMYXIN B; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SALMONELLA SHIGELLA AGAR; SUCROSE; TETRACYCLINE; THIOSULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOTYPE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIARRHEA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FERMENTATION TECHNIQUE; KIRBY BAUER DISK DIFFUSION TECHNIQUE; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; OXIDASE TEST; PAKISTAN; SEROTYPE; SHEEP ERYTHROCYTE HEMOLYSIS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE SEROTYPE O1; VOGES PROSKAUER TEST;

EID: 11144343614     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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