High prevalence of multidrug-resistant strains of Vibrio cholerae, in a cholera outbreak in Tehran–Iran, during June–September 2008

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 214-216

  Ranjbar, Mitra ^a   Rahmani, Elham ^b   Nooriamiri, Abas ^b   Gholami, Hossein ^b   Golmohamadi, Ali ^b   Barati, Hojatollah ^b   Rajabifar, Dina ^b   Barati, Somayeh ^b   Sabet, Mahdiyeh Shafiee ^b   Zamiri, Alaleh ^b   Haghighi, Sama ^b   Taifehashemi, Pariva ^b   Nojomi, Marziyeh ^b  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FURAZOLIDONE; NALIDIXIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOTYPE; CHOLERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CHOLERA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PREVALENCE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; YOUNG ADULT;

VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 77957327203     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2010.100015     Document Type: Article

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