| [mass antibiotic prophylaxis against cholera in the new bell central prison in douala during the 2004 epidemic]. | in early january 2004, cases of severe watery diarrhea were reported in douala, the economic capital of cameroon (estimated population: 2.4 million inhabitants). three stool samples examined at the cameroon national reference laboratory grew vibrio cholerae serogroup o1, later identified by the pasteur institute in paris, france, as serotype inaba. on 19 january, the provincial health authorities declared an outbreak of cholera. the epidemic lasted until that september. in all, 5,020 cholera cas ... | 2005 | 16478700 |
| [antibiotic susceptibility of vibrio cholerae 01: evolution after prolonged curative and preventive use during the 2004 cholera epidemics in douala (cameroon)]. | antibiotics were extensively used, both for curative as for prophylactic purposes, to prevent an explosive spread of the 2004 cholera epidemic in douala. it was thus necessary to control the antibiotic susceptibility of vibrio cholerae. | 2006 | 16757139 |
| antimicrobial resistance and molecular characterization of vibrio cholerae o1 during the 2004 and 2005 outbreak of cholera in cameroon. | there was an outbreak of cholera in cameroon during 2004 and 2005; the epidemic began in douala in january 2004 and spread throughout the south of the country. the world health organization (who) reported 8005 cases in 2004 and 2847 cases in 2005. five hundred eighty-nine stool samples were received in the pasteur centre of cameroon and 352 were microbiologically confirmed to be positive for vibrio cholerae o1. isolated strains were tested for their antimicrobial susceptibilities. all the strain ... | 2009 | 18991540 |