title: Seasonality and antimicrobial resistance pattern of Vibrio cholerae in a tertiary care hospital of North India.
abstract: We retrospectively analysed the seasonal distribution of cholera and the antimicrobial resistance pattern of Vibrio cholerae isolates over a 5-year period from January 1998 to December 2002. Of 3213 stool specimens processed from 3213 patients with acute watery diarrhoea during this period, 431 samples (13.4%) were found positive for V. cholerae. There were 423 V. cholerae O1 biotype E1 Tor, 2 V. cholerae O139 and six isolates of non-O1 non-O139. The highest number of cholera cases occurred in May-June followed by July-August. Cases started appearing in April for all years except in the year 2002 when three cases occurred in the first week of March. A large number (90.25% strains) were resistant to at least one antibiotic.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110029, India.
authors.forename: Srujana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mohanty
authors.forename: Arti
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kapil
authors.forename: Bimal K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Das
mesh_terms: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002771:Cholera / Q000188:drug therapy*; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012621:Seasons; D014734:Vibrio cholerae
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents