Susceptibility to fluoroquinolones of Vibrio cholerae O1 isolated from diarrheal patients in Zimbabwe

JAMA

Volumn 302, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 2321-2322

  Islam, M Sirajul ^a   Midzi, Stanley M ^b   Charimari, Lincoln ^c   Cravioto, Alejandro ^a   Endtz, Hubert P ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND CHILD CARE   (Zimbabwe)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHOLERA; DIARRHEA; HUMAN; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZIMBABWE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHOLERA; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FLUOROQUINOLONES; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE O1; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 72249088136     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2009.1750     Document Type: Letter

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