ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY AND ITS GENETIC ANALYSIS OF VIBRIO CHOLERAE NON-O1, NON-O139 FROM ENVIRONMENTAL SOURCES IN LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC

TOMOKO MIYAZATO; YUICHIRO TAMAKI; NOIKASEUMSY SITHIVONG; BOUNNANH PHANTOUAMATH; SITHAT INSISIENGMAY; NAOMI HIGA; CLAUDIA TOMA; NOBORU NAKASONE; MASAAKI IWANAGA

doi:10.2149/tmh.32.245

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ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY AND ITS GENETIC ANALYSIS OF VIBRIO CHOLERAE NON-O1, NON-O139 FROM ENVIRONMENTAL SOURCES IN LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC

TOMOKO MIYAZATO, YUICHIRO TAMAKI, NOIKASEUMSY SITHIVONG, BOUNNANH PHANTOUAMATH, SITHAT INSISIENGMAY, NAOMI HIGA, CLAUDIA TOMA, NOBORU NAKASONE, MASAAKI IWANAGA

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TOMOKO MIYAZATO
Division of Bacterial Pathogenesis, Department of Microbiology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus
YUICHIRO TAMAKI
Division of Bacterial Pathogenesis, Department of Microbiology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus
NOIKASEUMSY SITHIVONG
Center for Laboratory and Epidemiology, Ministry of Health, Vientiane, Lao PDR
BOUNNANH PHANTOUAMATH
Center for Laboratory and Epidemiology, Ministry of Health, Vientiane, Lao PDR
SITHAT INSISIENGMAY
Center for Laboratory and Epidemiology, Ministry of Health, Vientiane, Lao PDR
NAOMI HIGA
Division of Bacterial Pathogenesis, Department of Microbiology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus
CLAUDIA TOMA
Division of Bacterial Pathogenesis, Department of Microbiology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus
NOBORU NAKASONE
Division of Bacterial Pathogenesis, Department of Microbiology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus
MASAAKI IWANAGA
Division of Bacterial Pathogenesis, Department of Microbiology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus

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2004 Volume 32 Issue 3 Pages 245-248

DOI https://doi.org/10.2149/tmh.32.245

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Abstract

In order to determine the epidemiological features of cholera in Lao PDR, the presence of mobile genetic elements such as plasmid, class I integron and SXT element in V. cholerae isolated from surface water were examined. Among the 22 strains isolated from 13 distantly separated sampling sites, no mobile genetic elements associated with drug resistance were found reflecting the antibiogram of the strains. Nevertheless, cholera epidemics due to multiple drug resistant V. cholerae occurred repeatedly in those areas until 2000.

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