Comparative Trial of Tetracycline, Chloramphenicol, and Trimethoprim Sulphamethoxazole in Eradication of Vibrio cholera El Tor

Comparative trial of tetracycline, chloramphenicol, and trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole in eradication of Vibrio cholerae El Tor.

A comparison of tetracycline, chloramphenicol, and trimethoprim/sulphamethoxazole showed that all hasten the eradication of Vibrio cholerae from the stools of patients with cholera.A four-day period of tetracycline or trimethoprim/ sulphamethoxazole was adequate for eradicating V. cholerae from the stools of all patients, but three days, as suggested by the W.H.O. Expert Committee, was not. Fou...

Tetracycline-resistant vibrio cholerae El Tor.

Antibiotic treatment does not play a major role in the management of patients with cholera where fluids and electrolytes replacement have been the mainstay of treatment. Nevertheless, antibiotics do lessen the duration of the diarrhoea and shorten the period of excretion of the pathogen. In Malaysia, tetracycline is the drug of choice for cholera infection. It is also given to contacts of confi...

Trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole in pertussis: comparison with tetracycline.

Technical considerations of cholera vaccines and some results of cholera - El-Tor mass immunization

Determination of ctxAB expression in Vibrio cholerae Classical and El Tor strains using Real-Time PCR

Cholera is an infection of the small intestines caused by the bacterium V. cholerae. It is a major cause of health threat and also a major cause of death worldwide and especially in developing countries. The major virulence factor produced by V. cholerae during infection is the cholera toxin. Total mRNA extraction and reverse transcription was performed for making ctxAB cDNA. Relative Real-Time...