A decrease in the proportion of infections by pandemic Vibrio parahemolyticus in Hat Yai Hospital, southern Thailand

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1630-1638

  Wootipoom, Nutthakul ^a   Bhoopong, Phuangthip ^b   Pomwised, Rattanaruji ^a   Nishibuchi, Mitsuaki ^c   Ishibashi, Masanori ^d   Vuddhakul, Varaporn ^a  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b WALAILAK UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d OSAKA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLONAL VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PANDEMIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SEROTYPE; THAILAND; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING; THAILAND; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 37249034698     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47439-0     Document Type: Article

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