Comparison of distribution of virulence determinants in clinical and environmental isolates of Vibrio cholera

Iranian Biomedical Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 159-165

  Bakhshi, Bita ^a,b   Pourshafie, Mohammad Reza ^a   Navabakbar, Farahtaj ^b   Tavakoli, Akbar ^b   Shahcheraghi, Fereshteh ^a   Salehi, Mansoor ^b   Faradjzadegan, Ziba ^b   Zahraei, Seyed Mohsen ^c,d  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c Dept of Enteric Bacteria ^*  (Iran)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

Author keywords

Environment; Vibrio cholerae; Virulence determinants

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHOLERA TOXIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; POLYMYXIN B; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; DISK DIFFUSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHOLERA TOXIN; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRULENCE;

FILAMENTOUS BACTERIOPHAGE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 61349157340     PISSN: 1028852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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