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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz
ISSN: 1678-8060
EISSN: 1678-8060
Vol. 93, No. 1, 1998, pp. 17-22
Bioline Code: oc98004
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
Document available free of charge

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Vol. 93, No. 1, 1998, pp. 17-22

 en Serotypes of Vibrio cholerae non-O1 isolated from water supplies for human consumption in Campeche, Mexico and their antibiotic susceptibility pattern
Angelica P Isaac-Marquez; Claudio M Lezama-Davila; Carlos Eslava-Campos; Armando Navarro-Ocana & Alejandro Cravioto-Quintana

Abstract

The presence of Vibrio cholerae non-O1 in water supplies for human
consumption in the city of Campeche and rural locality of Becal was
investigated. V. cholerae non-O1 was detected in 5.9% of the samples
obtained in deep pools of Campeche. Studies conducted in Becal and
neighbourhood of Morelos in Campeche indicated that collected samples
harbored V. cholerae non-O1 in 31.5% and 8.7% respectively. There was a
particular pattern of distribution of V. cholerae non-O1 serotypes among
different studied regions. Accordingly, V. cholerae non-O1 serotype O14
predominated in the deep pools of Campeche and together with V. cholerae
non-O1, O155 were preferentially founds in samples taken from
intradomiciliary faucets in the neighbourhood of Morelos. Samples from
Becal predominantly presented the serotype O112. 60% and 53.8% of all
studied strains of V. cholerae non-O1 proved to be resistant to ampicillin
and carbenicillin. 3.1%, 7.7% and 6.2% presented resistant to doxycycline,
trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and erythromycin respectively. The study
showed the necessity of performing a strong epidemiologic surveillance for
emergence and distribution of V. cholerae non-O1.

Keywords
Vibrio cholerae non-O1 - serotypes - antibiotic susceptibility - water supplies - Campeche - Mexico

 
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