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Dissemination of newly emerged polymyxin B sensitive Vibrio cholerae O1 containing Haitian-like genetic traits in different parts of India.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Sept 2018
Samanta Prosenjit, Saha Rudra Narayan, Chowdhury Goutam, Naha Arindam, Sarkar Sounak, Dutta Shanta, Nandy Ranjan Kumar, Okamoto Keinosuke, Mukhopadhyay Asish Kumar
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Two natural epidemic biotypes of Vibrio cholerae O1, classical and El Tor, exhibit different patterns of sensitivity against the antimicrobial peptide polymyxin B. This difference in sensitivity has been one of the major markers in biotype classification system for several decades. A recent report regarding the emergence of polymyxin B-sensitive El Tor V. cholerae O1 in Kolkata has motivated us to track...
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