Antibiotics susceptibility pattern of Vibrio cholerae O1 Ogawa, isolated during Cholera outbreak investigations in Mozambique from 2014 to 2015

摘要

Background: Mozambique have registered cyclically epidemic outbreaks of cholera. Antibiotic therapy is recommended in specific situations for management and control of cholera outbreaks. However, an increase in antibiotics resistance rates of Vibrio cholerae has been reported in several epidemic outbreaks worldwide. On the other hand, there are few recent records of continuous surveillance of antibiotics susceptibility pattern of Vibrio cholerae in Mozambique.