Observation Collection 11550

Initial Data Entry Complete

Location: AFR::GHA.Ghana

Administrative Details

Source

Vibrio Cholerae O1 from Accra, Ghana Carrying a Class 2 Integron and the SXT Element. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2008 Nov;62(5):929-33. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkn334. Epub 2008 Aug 27.

Source URL

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2566517/pdf/dkn334.pdf

Created

2019-01-25 4:11 PM

Updated

2024-02-09 5:39 AM

Source Documents

Vibrio cholerae O1 from Accra, Ghana carrying a class 2 integron and the SXT element.pdf 2023-12-18 3:35 AM

Notes

Resistant to trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole, ampicillin, ceftazidime, ceftriaxone, cefotaxime, chloramphenicol, gentamicin, tetracycline, nalidixic acid, cefuroxime. Not all 27 tested were actually resistant to all of those mentioned, but at least 1 was for all.

Epidemiologic Details

Strains

O1-ElTor-Og

Tetracycline Resistance?

Yes

Sulfamides Resistance?

Yes

Ciprofloxacin Resistance?

No

Azithromycin Resistance?

No

Observation Properties

Case and death counts could include double-counting of overlapping observations
# of Observations

1

Earliest Observation

2006-01-02

Latest Observation

2006-12-31

Observation Frequency

Other (363)

Deaths

107

Suspected Cases

3357

Observation Fields

Standard

Location
TL
TR
Primary
Phantom
deaths
sCh

Custom

CFR
Case Fatality (%)

Observations

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Location
TL
TR
deaths
sCh
 CFR
AFR::GHA.Ghana 2006-01-02 2006-12-31 107 3357 3.19%
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