Analysis of Vibrio cholerae isolates from the Northern Cape province of South Africa

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 151-154

  Smith, Anthony M ^a   Sooka, Arvinda ^a   Ismail, Husna ^a   Nadan, Sandrama ^a   Crisp, Noreen ^b   Weenink, Eunice ^c   Keddy, Karen H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b Department of Health ^*  (South Africa)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMIPENEM; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CHOLERA; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEPTICEMIA; SOUTH AFRICA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

ADULT; CHOLERA; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; SOUTH AFRICA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 58149520600     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.000331-0     Document Type: Letter

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