Emergence of tetracycline-resistant Vibrio cholerae O1 Serotype Inaba, in Kolkata, India

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 128-129

  Roychowdhury, Amit ^a   Pan, Arpita ^a   Dutta, Dharitri ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Asish Kumar ^a   Ramamurthy, T ^a   Nandy, Ranjan Kumar ^a   Bhattacharya, Sujit Kumar ^a   Bhattacharya, Mihir Kumar ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FURAZOLIDONE; NALIDIXIC ACID; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; SEROTYPE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHOLERA; DIARRHEA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FECES; HUMANS; INDIA; SEROTYPING; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE O1;

EID: 43449096924     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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