R. Bradley Sack, Mahbubur Rahman, Mohammad Yunus, Eradul H. Khan
Antimicrobial resistance is becoming increasingly important in the treatment of enteric infections, particularly those due to Shigella, Vibrio cholerae, enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (associated with traveler's diarrhea), and Salmonella typhi. The rate of antimicrobial resistance is highest in t..
WasifAli Khan, Michael L. Bennish, Carlos Seas, Eradul Haq Khan et al.
Background Effective antimicrobial therapy can reduce the duration and volume of cholera diarrhoea by half. However, such treatment is currently limited by Vibrio cholerae resistance to the drugs commonly prescribed for cholera, and by the difficulties involved in the administration of multi-drug do...
Ujjwal Dhar, Michael L. Bennish, Wasif Ali Khan, Carlos Seas et al.
We prospectively compared the clinical features of cholera due to Vibrio cholerae O1 and V. cholerae O139 in 242 men 18-60 years of age, with a history of diarrhoea of 24 h or less, and moderate or severe dehydration. The antimicrobial susceptibility of all of the V. cholerae strains isolated from t...
Hafizur Rahman Chowdhury, Mohammad Yunus, Eradul Huq Khan, K. Zaman et al.
Jacques Myaux, Joyashree Chakraborty, Mohammad Yunus, Eradul H. Khan et al.
A community-based programme for the treatment of dysentery in children under five years of age was implemented in Matlab, Bangladesh. Dysentery cases, identified at home, were referred to a sub-center for standard treatment with nalidixic acid. To assess the response to this intervention, a one year...