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. 2011 Jun;49(6):2325-7.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.00432-11. Epub 2011 Apr 6.

Phenotypic, genotypic, and antibiotic sensitivity patterns of strains isolated from the cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe

Mohammad S Islam  1 , Zahid H Mahmud, Mohammad Ansaruzzaman, Shah M Faruque, Kaisar A Talukder, Firdausi Qadri, Munirul Alam, Shafiqul Islam, Pradip K Bardhan, Ramendra N Mazumder, Azharul I Khan, Sirajuddin Ahmed, Anwarul Iqbal, Owen Chitsatso, James Mudzori, Sheetal Patel, Stanley M Midzi, Lincoln Charimari, Hubert P Endtz, Alejandro Cravioto
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Phenotypic, genotypic, and antibiotic sensitivity patterns of strains isolated from the cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe

Mohammad S Islam et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2011 Jun.

Abstract

This paper details the phenotypic, genotypic, and antibiotic sensitivity patterns of 88 Vibrio cholerae strains from Zimbabwe. Of the 88 strains, 83 were classified as "altered El Tor" and 5 as "hybrid El Tor" strains. All of the strains were susceptible to tetracycline, doxycycline, ciprofloxacin, and azithromycin by disc diffusion, but susceptibility to tetracycline and azithromycin diminished when observed using the MIC method.

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Dendrogram of V. cholerae strains isolated from Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, and Bangladesh. A, altered cluster; B, hybrid cluster; C, classical cluster; D, El Tor cluster. The scale at the upper left indicates similarity values (where 0 represents total dissimilarity and 100 represents total similarity).
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