[Features of Vibrio cholerae 0:1 El Tor, Inaba serotype, isolated during the cholera epidemic in Cartagena (Colombia)].
Cholera is an infectious transmissible disease characterized by the development of secretory diarrhea and that presents in epidemic and endemic forms. In Latin-America we are currently seen what could be the eight pandemic in cholera history, due to Vibrio cholerae 0:1 El Tor, Inaba serotype, infection. In the present preliminary study we analyze 300 patients with a clinical picture suggesting cholerae. In 250 cases, Vibrio cholerae 0:1 strains were isolated. The identification was made using mainly the following test and procedures: 1) growth in TCBS (saccharose fermentation), 2) Reactivity with sodium desoxycholate, 3) Oxidase-cytochrome test and 4) agglutination with polyvalent antisera. All isolated Vibrio cholerae strains 0:1 were sensitive to tetracycline, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, norfloxacin, ciprofloxacin and gentamicin, but were resistant to ampicillin. This report summarizes the main features of Vibrio cholerae 0:1 El Tor, Inaba serotype, isolated in Colombian cholera epidemic.
Salim Máttar
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Departamento de Microbiología, Universidad Javeriana, Facultad de Ciencias, Bogotá, Colombia.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000465:Algorithms; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002771:Cholera / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000635:transmission; D003105:Colombia / Q000453:epidemiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D005506:Food Contamination; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012703:Serotyping; D014734:Vibrio cholerae / Q000145:classification* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification
Características de Vibrio cholerae 0:1 El Tor, serotipo Inaba, aislado en la epidemia del cólera en Cartagena (Colombia).