Territorial waters of the Baltic Sea as a source of infections caused by Vibrio cholerae non-O1, non-O139: Report of 3 hospitalized cases

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-6

  Lukinmaa, Susanna ^a,e   Mattila, Kimmo ^b   Lehtinen, Ville ^c   Hakkinen, Marjaana ^d   Koskela, Markku ^c   Siitonen, Anja ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d NATL VET AND FOOD RES INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fatal; Non O1; Non O139; Seawater; Vibrio cholerae

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFUROXIME; INFUSION FLUID; SEA WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BALTIC SEA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHOLERA; EATING; FATALITY; FEVER; FINLAND; FISH; GENE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SYMPTOM; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AGED; CHOLERA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANS AND SEAS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE NON-O1; VIRULENCE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 29144469019     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2005.06.020     Document Type: Article

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