Vibrio cholerae in traveler from Haiti to Canada

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1124-1125

  Gilmour, Matthew W ^a   Martel Laferrière, Valérie ^b   Lévesque, Simon ^c   Gaudreau, Christiane ^b   Bekal, Sadjia ^c   Nadon, Céline ^a   Bourgault, Anne Marie ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; INFUSION FLUID; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CANADA; CASE REPORT; CHOLERA; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; HAITI; HUMAN; LETTER; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CANADA; CHOLERA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FECES; FEMALE; HAITI; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; TRAVEL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE O1;

EID: 79957628422     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1706.110161     Document Type: Letter

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