Vibrio cholerae O1 from Accra, Ghana carrying a class 2 integron and the SXT element

OBJECTIVES: Vibrio cholerae O1 from a 2006 outbreak in Accra were commonly resistant to multiple antimicrobials and, in particular, to trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole, drugs commonly used in the treatment of cholera. We sought to determine the genetic basis for trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole resistance...

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Autores principales: Opintan, Japheth A., Newman, Mercy J., Nsiah-Poodoh, Owusu Agyemang, Okeke, Iruka N.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2566517/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18755696
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkn334

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2566517/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18755696
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkn334

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