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Tetracycline resistant cholera in Kelantan

Ranjit K 1 , Nurahan M 2

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  • 1 K Ranjit, MPH. Epidemiology Unit, Department of Health Kelantan, Wisma Persekutuan, Jalan Bayam, Kota Bharu
  • 2 M Nurahan, MPath. Department of Pathology, Hospital Kota Bharu, Kelantan
Med J Malaysia, 2000 Mar;55(1):143-5.
PMID: 11072502 MyJurnal

Abstract

Sensitivity testing on Vibrio cholerae isolates during an epidemic in 1998 in Kelantan identified strains resistant to tetracycline. This prompted a change in the usual management of cholera in Kelantan. The antibiotic of choice was changed from tetracycline to erythromycin.

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