1Assistant Professor, Dept of Microbiology, Mediciti Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad
2Tutor, Dept. of Microbiology, DD Medical College & DD Hospital, Tiruvallur, Chennai
3Assistant Director, Division of Microbiology, NICED, Kolkata
4Deputy Director, Division of Microbiology, NICED, Kolkata
5Professor, Department of Microbiology, Gandhi Medical College, Secunderabad
Cholera is an acute diarrhoeal disease caused by Vibrio cholerae, of the 206 serogroups of Vibrio cholerae only O1 and O139 which produce CTX are known to cause epidemics. New variants of Eltor biotype exhibiting characters of classical biotype has been reported from different counter parts of the world since 2002. The present study was conducted to determine biotypes, serotypes and phage types of Vibrio cholerae prevalent in Hyderabad and to determine the antibiotic susceptibility pattern of the isolates.
Vibrio Cholerae, Serotype, Biotype, Phage Type, Eltor Variant, MAMA PCR, Ctxb Gene
