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Dissemination of Polymyxin B Sensitivity in El Tor Vibrio cholerae O1 Strains in Odisha, India.
Japanese journal of infectious diseases - 24 Mar 2021
Pal Bibhuti Bhusan, Behera Dipti Ranjan, Nayak Smruti Ranjan, Nayak Ashish Kumar, Biswal Bhagyalaxmi, Pati Sanghamitra
Abstract excerpt
The Vibrio species undergo cryptic changes in their genetic material for better adaptability, which accounts for antibiotic resistance. In the present study, we investigated the emergence and spread of sensitivity to polymyxin B (PB) by El Tor V. cholerae O1 strains from 1995 to 2019 in Odisha, India. The results showed that out of 1200 V. cholerae O1 strains, 89.4% were resistant and the remaining 10.6% strains...
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