| [large-scale selective antibiotic prophylaxis during the 2004 cholera outbreak in douala (cameroon)]. | during the 2004 cholera outbreak in douala, densely populated and poor suburban populations had very poor access to safe drinking water and were at high risk of transmission. the provincial task force thus decided to provide preventive antibiotic treatment of all patient contacts, that is, family members taking care of patients in the hospital and household members of patients or close neighbours living in houses directly adjacent to patients. | 2007 | 17962152 |
| 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 |
| [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 |
| routine use of antimicrobial drugs during the 2004 cholera epidemic in douala, cameroon. | to evaluate routine use of antimicrobial drugs for treatment and prevention of cholera with special regards to the evolution of the antimicrobial drug resistance patterns of v. cholerae strains. | 2006 | 17455448 |
| [antibiotic resistance of strains of vibrio cholerae eltor isolated in douala (cameroon)]. | endemic cholera has been prevalent in douala since 1972, with sudden epidemic outbreaks occurring every two years during the dry season. the massive and systematic use of chemoprophylaxis since april, 1983 has led to the selection of strains of vibrio cholerae eltor that are resistant to sulphamide and tetracycline. during the 1984-1985 epidemic, 89.3% of the isolated strains were resistant to sulphamides, 87.5% to a sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim combination and to the 0/129 disk, 55.3% to tetra ... | 1986 | 3769118 |
| [factors contributing to endemic cholera in douala, cameroon]. | cholera has been endemic in douala, cameroon since 1971. a number of environmental factors favourize the survival of the vibrio in douala including location at the mouth of wouri delta on the atlantic ocean, sandy clay soil, shallow dirty polluted foul-smelling groundwater, presence of vast expanses of swamp, streams/drainage ditches infested with algae, and high temperatures with low rainfall and drought during certain periods of the year. most outbreaks have started in bepanda, a slum area bui ... | 2006 | 16924824 |
| [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 |