Assessing clonality of Vibrio cholerae strains isolated during four consecutive years (2004-2007) in Iran

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 256-262

  Bakhshi, Bita ^a   Pourshafie, Mohammad R ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLONAL VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; INDIA; IRAN; NEPAL; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHOLERA; CLASSIFICATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDEMIC; GENETICS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PHYLOGENY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHOLERA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; IRAN; PHYLOGENY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 66849083463     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540902767049     Document Type: Article

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