Antimicrobial Drug Resistance of Vibrio cholerae, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Antimicrobial Drug Resistance of Vibrio cholerae, Democratic Republic of the Congo

We analyzed 1,093 Vibrio cholerae isolates from the Democratic Republic of the Congo during 1997–2012 and found increasing antimicrobial drug resistance over time. Our study also demonstrated that the 2011–2012 epidemic was caused by an El Tor variant clonal complex with a single antimicrobial drug...

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Main Authors: Berthe Miwanda, Sandra Moore, Jean-Jacques Muyembe, Georges Nguefack-Tsague, Ickel Kakongo Kabangwa, Daniel Yassa Ndjakani, Ankur Mutreja, Nicholas R. Thomson, Helene Thefenne, Eric Garnotel, Gaston Tshapenda, Denis Kandolo Kakongo, Guy Kalambayi, Renaud Piarroux
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015-05-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
antimicrobial resistance
bacteria
cholera
Vibrio cholerae O1
MLVA
whole-genome sequencing
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/5/14-1233_article

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