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Virulence patterns of Vibrio cholerae non-O1 strains isolated from hospitalised patients with acute diarrhoea in Calcutta, India.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Oct 1993
Ramamurthy T, Bag P K, Pal A, Bhattacharya S K, Bhattacharya M K, Shimada T, Takeda T, Karasawa T, Kurazono H, Takeda Y
Abstract excerpt
A collection of 28 strains of Vibrio cholerae non-O1 isolated during a 3-year period (1989-1991) from hospitalised patients with acute diarrhoea in Calcutta, India, were examined with regard to virulence-associated factors. Of the 28 isolates (each representing a case), 18 were isolated as the sole infecting agent; the remaining 10 were recovered as co-cultures from cases infected with V. cholerae O1. Of the...
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