Long-term comparison of antibiotic resistance in Vibrio cholerae O1 and Shigella species between urban and rural Bangladesh
- Klontz, Erik H.
- Das, Sumon Kumar
- Ahmed, Dilruba
- Ahmed, Shahnawaz
- Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer
- Malek, Mohammad Abdul
- Faruque, Abu Syed Golam
- Klontz, Karl C.
Publication date
May 2014
DOI Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP) ISSN
1058-4838 Citation count (estimate)
5Abstract
From 2000 to 2012, Vibrio cholerae O1 and Shigella species isolates from urban Dhaka and rural Matlab were tested for resistance to all clinically relevant antibiotics in Bangladesh. Resistances in urban and rural Bangladesh tended to rise and fall together, especially a few years after the introduction of new resistance
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