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Development of a More Sensitive and Specific Chromogenic Agar Medium for the Detection of Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Other Vibrio Species
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[Study on 438 strains of pathogenic vibrio and their resistance to drugs]
Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi = Zhonghua Liuxingbingxue Zazhi
|December 1, 1989
Abstract:
This paper reported the monitoring result of pathogenic vibrio from 1461 diarrhoea outpatients in Haikou city from April to November 1986. 438 strains of pathogenic vibri (29.98%) had been identified. Among them the Vibrio Parahemolyticus (14.99%) was more common and the next was non-0:1 V. Cholerae strains (11.84%). The features of attack-time, age, sex and clinical symptoms etc. were discussed.
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