Pandemic
Research conducted at Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences has provided new information about pandemic
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, June 3rd, 2007
Fresh data on pandemic are presented in the report "The dominance of pandemic serovars of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in expatriates and sporadic cases of diarrhoea in Thailand, and a new emergent serovar (O3 : K46) with pandemic traits." According to a study from Bangkok, Thailand, "Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a major cause of gastroenteritis worldwide. A total of 95 V. parahaemolyticus isolates belonging to 23 different serovars were identified in a case-control study of expatriates and Thai adults from 2001 to 2002 in Thailand."
"Fifty-two per cent of isolates (49/95) were resistant to ampicillin and sulfisoxazole, but all isolates were susceptible to ciprofloxacin and...
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