Short report: Emergence of multidrug-resistant Vibrio cholerae O1 biotype El Tor in Port Blair, India

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1015-1017

  Bhattacharya, Debdutta ^a   Sayi, D S ^a   Thamizhmani, R ^a   Bhattacharjee, Haimanti ^a   Bharadwaj, A P ^b   Roy, Avijit ^c   Sugunan, A P ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b Chirayu Child Care Centre   (India)

^c Department of Environment and Forests   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHOLERA; DIARRHEA; DISK DIFFUSION; EPIDEMIC; ETHICS; INDIA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; SEROTYPE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; INDIA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE O1;

EID: 84862173735     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0327     Document Type: Article

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