Faecal Excretion of Vibrio cholerae during Convalescence of Cholera Patients in Calabar, Nigeria

The pattern of faecal excretion of Vibrio cholerae was studied over a duration of eight months among 13 cholera convalescents by two-weekly surveillance cultures. Stools and rectal swabs were cultured on Thiosulphate citrate bile salts sucrose (TCBS) agar for the recovery of vibrio pathogens. Clinic...

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Veröffentlicht in:	European journal of epidemiology 1999-04, Vol.15 (4), p.379-381
Hauptverfasser:	Utsalo, S. J., Eko, F. O., Umoh, F., Asindi, A. A.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Adults Bacterial diseases Biological and medical sciences Chemotherapy Child Child, Preschool Children Cholera Cholera - microbiology Colonization Convalescence Diarrhea Epidemics Epidemiology Excretion Feces - microbiology Human bacterial diseases Humans Infections Infectious diseases Medical sciences Microbial sensitivity tests Middle Aged Nigeria Pathogens Patients Sewage disposal Surveillance Tetracyclines - pharmacology Time Factors Tropical bacterial diseases Tropical medicine Vibrio Vibrio cholerae Vibrio cholerae - drug effects Vibrio cholerae - isolation & purification Waterborne diseases
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Zusammenfassung:	The pattern of faecal excretion of Vibrio cholerae was studied over a duration of eight months among 13 cholera convalescents by two-weekly surveillance cultures. Stools and rectal swabs were cultured on Thiosulphate citrate bile salts sucrose (TCBS) agar for the recovery of vibrio pathogens. Clinical phase and convalescent phase V. cholerae strains were compared for antibiogram profiles. The population of vibrios recovered from faecal inocula was usually scanty ($
ISSN:	0393-2990 1573-7284