Vibrio fluvialisin Patients with Diarrhea, Kolkata, India
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Vibrio fluvialis in Patients with Diarrhea, Kolkata, India
We identified 131 strains of Vibrio fluvialis among 400 nonagglutinating Vibrio spp. isolated from patients with diarrhea in Kolkata, India. For 43 patients, V. fluvialis was the sole pathogen identified. Most strains harbored genes encoding hemolysin and metalloprotease; this finding may contribute to understanding of the pathogenicity of V. fluvialis.
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عنوان ژورنال: Emerging Infectious Diseases
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1080-6040,1080-6059
DOI: 10.3201/eid1811.120520