| molecular evidence of clonality amongst vibrio cholerae o1 biotype el tor during an outbreak in malaysia. | forty-three clinical strains of v. cholerae o1 biotype e1 tor were isolated between 3 may and 10 june 1998 during an outbreak in the metropolitan area of kuala lumpur and its suburbs. with the exception of three inaba strains that were restricted to three members of a family, all the others belonged to the ogawa serotype. the strains were analysed for clonality using ribotyping and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (pfge). two ribotypes, v/b21a and b27, were identified among 40 ogawa isolates usi ... | 2000 | 10722126 |
| isolations of enteric pathogens from synanthropic flies trapped in downtown kuala lumpur. | four species of synanthropic flies were trapped in downtown kuala lumpur: chrysomya megacephala, chrysomya rufifacies, musca domestica, and musca sorbens. burkholderia pseudomallei, the organism causing melioidosis, was the dominant bacteria isolated from chrysomya megacephala. klebsiella oxytoca, commonly associated with nosocomial infections, was commonly isolated from chrysomya megacephala, musca domestica, and musca sorbens. aeromonas hydrophila, the bacteria causing gastroenteritis, was pre ... | 2000 | 10925800 |