| tetracycline resistant cholera in kelantan. | sensitivity testing on vibrio cholerae isolates during an epidemic in 1998 in kelantan identified strains resistant to tetracycline. this prompted a change in the usual management of cholera in kelantan. the antibiotic of choice was changed from tetracycline to erythromycin. | 2000 | 11072502 |
| molecular evidence of cholera outbreak caused by a toxigenic vibrio cholerae o1 el tor variant strain in kelantan, malaysia. | a total of 20 vibrio cholerae isolates were recovered for investigation from a cholera outbreak in kelantan, malaysia, that occurred between november and december 2009. all isolates were biochemically characterized as v. cholerae serogroup o1 ogawa of the el tor biotype. they were found to be resistant to multiple antibiotics, including tetracycline, erythromycin, sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim, streptomycin, penicillin g, and polymyxin b, with 35% of the isolates being resistant to ampicillin. a ... | 2010 | 20826646 |
| isolation and characterization of lytic vibriophage against vibrio cholerae o1 from environmental water samples in kelantan, malaysia. | water samples from a variety of sources in kelantan, malaysia (lakes, ponds, rivers, ditches, fish farms, and sewage) were screened for the presence of bacteriophages infecting vibrio cholerae. ten strains of v. cholerae that appeared to be free of inducible prophages were used as the host strains. eleven bacteriophage isolates were obtained by plaque assay, three of which were lytic and further characterized. the morphologies of the three lytic phages were similar with each having an icosahedra ... | 2014 | 24532381 |