Twin outbreak of cholera in rural North Karnataka, India. Indian J Med Res. 2014 Sep;140(3):420-6.
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1. According to the paper, all V.cholerae isolates are multiple drug resistant (MDR) showing resistance to co-trimoxazole, ampicillin, and nalidixic acid. And sensitive to tetracycline, ofloxacin, ciprofloxacin, chloramphenicol, gentamicin, ceftriaxone and cephalothin.
A person reporting with the passage of three or more “rice-water” stools on or after July 8, 2012 was considered a suspected case of cholera
A suspected case whose stool sample on culture yielded Vibrio cholerae O1, was considered a confirmed case.
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