VIBRIO-CHOLERAE-0139 BENGAL IN SINGAPORE

Authors
TAY L GOH KT LIM YS
Citation
L. Tay et al., VIBRIO-CHOLERAE-0139 BENGAL IN SINGAPORE, Journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 97(5), 1994, pp. 317-320
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Tropical Medicine","Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath
Journal title
Journal of tropical medicine and hygiene → ACNP
ISSN journal
00225304
Volume
97
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
317 - 320
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-5304(1994)97:5<317:VBIS>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Vibrio cholerae 0139 was isolated from five patients with cholera-like illness. All were imported cases. Laboratory investigations found our five isolates to show similar morphological, biochemical and serologi cal characteristics to the V. cholerae 0139 strains causing epidemics in Bangladesh and India. Our isolates were toxin producers resistant t o streptomycin and co-trimoxazole. No local transmission was known to have occurred following introduction of these imported cases.